Absence of malice and truthfulness are most beneficial to all creatures. Absence of malice constitutes the chief virtue, which, again, is founded upon truth. Indeed, all our desirabilities find their scope, when they are all based upon truth.
अहिंसा सत्यवचनं सर्वभूतिहतं परम्। अहिंसा परमो धर्मः स च सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितः। सत्ये कृत्वा प्रतिष्ठां तु प्रवर्तन्ते प्रवृत्तयः॥