No one teke upon himself the iniquity of a perpetrator of vicious deeds. So it behove the pious crowned with an excellent character to observe the rules (of piety). “So it is proper to show compassion even upon these who perpetrate crimes and are worthy of being slain. Who is there who does not commit a crime? It is not proper to act cruelly even by them who take delight in killing men, although they commit various iniquitous deeds.
न परः पापमादत्ते परेषां पापकर्मणाम्। समयो रक्षितव्यस्तु सन्तश्चारित्रभूषणाः।॥ पापानां वा शुभानां वा वधार्हाणामथापि वा। कार्य कारुण्यमार्येण न कश्चिन्त्रापराध्यति॥ लोकहिंसाविहाराणां क्रूराणां पापकर्मणाम्। कुर्वतामपि पापानि नैव कार्यमशोभनम् ॥