Sutra 2.35

अहिंसाप्रतिष्ठायां तत्संनिधौ वैरत्यागः ॥ २.३५ ॥

ahiṃsāpratiṣṭhāyāṃ tatsaṃnidhau vairatyāgaḥ|| 2.35 ||

You know you have achieved a state of non-violence when others give up their hostilities in your presence.

Master the practice of nonviolence

and you will be received by all creatures as a friend. None will consider you their enemy.

  • Alberto Villoldo 

ahiṃsā—of (the habit of) not causing injury. pratiṣṭhāyām—on the confirmation of. tat—his. sannidhau—in presence. vairatyāgaḥ—giving up of hostilities (tyāga) (vaira).

35. (The habit of) not-causing-injury being confirmed, hostilities are given-up in his presence.

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