Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 1-9979 · Verses 4083-4102

ahiṃsā paramo dharmas tathāhiṃsā paro damaḥ /
ahiṃsā paramaṃ dānam ahiṃsā paramaṃ tapaḥ //

ahiṃsā paramo yajñas tathāhiṃsā paraṃ balam /
ahiṃsā paramaṃ mitram ahiṃsā paramaṃ sukham /
ahiṃsā paramaṃ satyam ahiṃsā paramaṃ śrutam //

ahiṃsā paramo dharmo hyahiṃsaiva paraṃ tapaḥ /
ahiṃsā paramaṃ dānam ityāhurmunayaḥ sadā //

ahiṃsāpūrvako dharmo yasmāt sarvahite rataḥ /
yūkāmatkuṇadaṃśādīṃs tasmāt tānapi rakṣayet //

ahiṃsā prathamaṃ puṣpaṃ dvitīyendriyanigraham /
tṛtīyaṃ tu dayā puṣpaṃ turīyaṃ dānapuṣpakam //

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ tyāgo maithunavarjanam /
pañcasveteṣu vākyeṣu sarve dharmāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ //

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryaparigrahaḥ /
iṣṭāniṣṭaparā cintā yama eṣa prakīrtitaḥ //

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ /
etaṃ sāmāsikaṃ dharmaṃ cāturvarṇye'bravīnmanuḥ //

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ /
dānaṃ damo dayā kṣāntiḥ sarveṣāṃ dharmasādhanam //

ahiṃsā satyavacanaṃ sarvabhūtānukampanam /
śamo dānaṃ yathāśakti gārhasthyo dharma uttamaḥ //

ahiṃsā satyavacanaṃ sarvabhūteṣu cārjavam /
kṣamā caivāpramādaśca yasyaite sa sukhī bhavet //

ahiṃsā satyavacanam ānṛśaṃsyaṃ damo ghṛṇā /
etat tapo vidurdhīrā na śarīrasya śoṣaṇam //

ahiṃsā sūnṛtā vāṇī satyaṃ śaucaṃ dayā kṣamā /
varṇināṃ liṅgināṃ caiva sāmānyo dharma ucyate //

ahiṃsāsūnṛtāsteyabrahmākiṃcanatāratam /
supātraṃ munibhiḥ proktaṃ rājadveṣavivarjitam //

ahiṃsrasya tapo'kṣayyam ahiṃsro yajate sadā /
ahiṃsraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yathā mātā yathā pitā //

ahitaṃ ca hitākāraṃ dhārṣṭyājjalpanti ye narāḥ /
avekṣya mantrabāhyāste kartavyāḥ kṛtyadūṣaṇāḥ //

ahitahitavicāraśūnyabuddheḥ śrutisamayairbahubhirbahiṣkṛtasya /
udarabharaṇamātrakevalecchoḥ puruṣapaśośca paśośca ko viśeṣaḥ //

ahitāt pratiṣedhaśca hite cānupravartanam /
vyasane cāparityāgas trividhaṃ mitralakṣaṇam //

ahitādanapatrapastrasann atimātrojjhitabhīranāstikaḥ /
vinayopahitastvayā kutaḥ sadṛśo'nyo guṇavānavismayaḥ //

ahituṇḍikadṛṣṭīnām aśeṣā bhoginaḥ padam /
na saṃvartāgnisārathye sthātā yanmukhamārutaḥ //