Suktimuktavali 26_23

26_23

Now the section on non-violence: / The playground of virtue, the whirlwind destroying the dust of misdeeds, / the ship across the forest of transmigration, the cloud-cluster extinguishing the fire of distress, the messenger of rendez-vous for fortunes, / the ladder to heaven, the beloved friend of liberation, the bolt barring the unfortunate rebirth— / let compassion alone be shown toward living beings; enough with all other afflictions! // 25