The wounding of one's body or the infliction of death should not be made for trivial causes. The infliction of physical pain by various means, hurling from tops of mountains, and punishment also, should not be guided by similar causes.
व्यङ्गत्वं च शरीरस्य वधो नाल्पस्य कारणात्। शरीरपीडास्तास्ताश्च देहत्यागो विवासनम्॥