Udanavarga 3.85

3.85

「妄證求賂行已不正，
怨譖良人以枉治世，
罪牽斯人自投於坑。
如備邊城中外牢固，
自守其心非法不生，
行缺致憂令墮地獄。」

“He who, by false assumptions, seeks reward; he who, having done a thing, has not in so doing acted uprightly; he who has maliciously slandered an innocent man, and would control the world by (such) false pretences—that man, dragged down by his guilt, must fall into hell; as a man confined in a stronghold outside a city, guarded without and within, cannot escape, such is his lot. Carefully guarding one's heart, no unholy thought can arise; but failing in this, misery accrues, and in the end that man goes to perdition.”