Verses on Dhamma 131-2
The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1) 131-2
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Dr. Fausböll points out the striking similarity between this verse and two verses occurring in Manu and the Mahâbhârata:--
Manu V, 45:
Yo 'himsakâni bhûtâni hinasty âtmasukhekkhayâ,
Sa givams ka mritas kaiva na kvakit sukham edhate.
Mahâbhârata XIII, 5568:
Ahimsakâni bhûtâni dandena vinihanti yah,
Âtmanah sukham ikkhan sa pretya naiva sukhî bhavet.
If it were not for ahimsakâni, in which Manu and the Mahâbhârata agree, I should say that the verses in both were Sanskrit modifications of the Pâli original. The verse in the Mahâbhârata presupposes the verse of the Dhammapada.]