If the injured persons were to return their injuries; if one admonished by his superiors were to chastise his superiors in return, the result would be the destruction of all creatures and sin would take its root firm.
अभिषक्तो ह्यभिषजेदाहन्याद् गुरुणा हतः। एवं विनाशो भूतानामधर्मः प्रथितो भवेत्॥