The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.1.36

13.1.36

lubdhaka uvāca |
kāraṇaṃ yadi na syādvai na kartā syāstvamapyuta |
vināśe kāraṇaṃ tvaṃ ca tasmādvadhyo'si me mataḥ || 36 ||

"The fowler said, 'If thou art neither the prime cause nor the agent in this matter, thou art still the cause of the death (of his child). Therefore, thou dost deserve death in my opinion. If, O serpent, thou thinkest that when an evil act is done, the doer is not implicated therein, then there can be no cause in this matter; but having done this, verily thou deservest death. What more dost thou think?'