Uttarajjhayana 128.1.9_4

128.1.9_4

hiṃse bāle musāvāī | māille pisuṇe saḍhe /
bhuṃjamāṇe suraṃ maṃsaṃ | seyam eyaṃ ti mannaī ||9||

Overbearing in acts and words, desirous for wealth and women, he accumulates sins in two ways, just as a young snake gathers dust (both on and in its body). (10)
Then he suffers ill and is attacked by disease; and he is in dread of the next world when he reflects on his deeds. (11)
I have heard of the places in hell, and of the destination of the sinner, where the fools who do cruel deeds will suffer violently. (12)
Then going to the place where he is to be born again according to his deeds, he feels remorse, as I have heard (from my teacher). (13)
As a charioteer, who against his better judgment leaves the smooth highway and gets on a rugged road, repents when the axle breaks; so the fool, who transgresses the Law and embraces unrighteousness, repents in the hour of death, like (the charioteer) over the broken axle. (14, 15)
Then when death comes at last, the fool trembles in fear; he dies the 'death against one's will,' (having lost his chance) like a gambler vanquished by Kali. (16)
Thus has been explained the fools’ 'death against one's will;' now hear from me the wise men's 'death with one's will!' (17)
Full of peace and without injury to any one is, as I have heard (from my teachers), the death of the virtuous who control themselves and subdue their senses. (18)
(Such a death) does not fall to the lot of every monk, nor of every householder; for the morality of householders is of various character, and that of monks is not always good throughout. (19)