Manusmriti

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वाग्दुष्टात् तस्कराच्चैव दण्डेनैव च हिंसतः । साहसस्य नरः कर्ता विज्ञेयः पापकृत्तमः ॥ ३४५ ॥

sanskrit

He who commits violence must be considered as the worst offender, (more wicked) than a defamer, than a thief, and than he who injures (another) with a staff.

english translation

vAgduSTAt taskarAccaiva daNDenaiva ca hiMsataH | sAhasasya naraH kartA vijJeyaH pApakRttamaH || 345 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript