Manusmriti

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नोच्छिन्द्यादात्मनो मूलं परेषां चातितृष्णया । उच्छिन्दन् ह्यात्मनो मूलमात्मानं तांश्च पीडयेत् ॥ १३९ ॥

sanskrit

Let him not cut up his own root (by levying no taxes), nor the root of other (men) by excessive greed; for by cutting up his own root (or theirs), he makes himself or them wretched.

english translation

nocchindyAdAtmano mUlaM pareSAM cAtitRSNayA | ucchindan hyAtmano mUlamAtmAnaM tAMzca pIDayet || 139 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript