"न तत्परस्य संदध्यात्प्रतिकूलं यदात्मनः। एष संक्षेपतो धर्मः कामादन्यः प्रवर्तते ॥"
— Golden Rule

January 1, 1970

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na tat parasya saṁdadhyāt pratikūlaṁ yad ātmanaḥ. eṣa saṁkṣepato dharmaḥ kāmād anyaḥ pravartate. — One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one’s own self. This, in brief, is the rule of dharma. Other behavior is due to selfish desires. — Mahabharata, Anushasana Parva 113:8