History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c10.s1.20

c10.s1.20

¹ *Karato kho kārayato ... pāṇam atimāpayato, adinnam ādiyato, sandhiṃ chindato. . . . . . . . . . . aripanthe tiṭṭhato, paradāraṃ gacchato, musā bhaṇato . . . . . pi cakkena yo imissā paṭhaviyā pāṇe ... eka-maṃsa-puñjaṃ . . . . tato-nidānaṃ pāpaṃ, n'atthi pāpassa āgamo. Dakkhiṇañ ce pi Gaṅgāya tīraṃ āgaccheyya hananto ghātento chindanto chedāpento pācento pācāpento, n'atthi tato-nidānaṃ pāpaṃ, n'atthi pāpassa āgamo. Uttarañ ce pi Gaṅgāya tīraṃ gaccheyya dadanto dāpento yajanto yajāpento, n'atthi tato-nidānaṃ puññaṃ, n'atthi puññassa āgamo. Dānena damena saṃyamena sacca-vājjena n'atthi tato-nidānaṃ puññaṃ, n'atthi puññassa āgamo.* Op. cit., p. 52.