Mahabharat

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चङ्क्रम्यमाणा जीवांश च धरणी संश्रितान बहून पद्भ्यां घनन्ति नरा विप्र तत्र किं परतिभाति ते ।। ३-१९९-२५ ।।

sanskrit

'O Brahmana, men, while walking here and there, unknowingly kill countless creatures hidden in the ground by trampling on them—do you not see this?' ।। 3-199-25 ।।

english translation

caGkramyamANA jIvAMza ca dharaNI saMzritAna bahUna padbhyAM ghananti narA vipra tatra kiM paratibhAti te || 3-199-25 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript