Indeed, that person who shows mercy to all creatures, who adopts as a vow of sincere conduct towards all creatures, and who forms himself the soul of all creatures, becomes gifted with virtue.
सर्वभूतानुकम्पी यः सर्वभूतार्जवव्रतः। सर्वभूतात्मभूतश्च स वै धर्मेण युज्यते॥