Dhammapada verse(s) in Pali:

Verse 137
yo daṇḍena adaṇḍesu, appaduṭṭhesu dussati.
dasannamaññataraṃ ṭhānaṃ, khippameva nigacchati.

Verse 138
vedanaṃ pharusaṃ jāniṃ, sarīrassa ca bhedanaṃ .
garukaṃ vāpi ābādhaṃ, cittakkhepañca pāpuṇe.

Verse 139
rājato vā upasaggaṃ, abbhakkhānañca dāruṇaṃ.
parikkhayañca ñātīnaṃ, bhogānañca pabhaṅguraṃ .

Verse 140
atha vāssa agārāni, aggi ḍahati pāvako.
kāyassa bhedā duppañño, nirayaṃ sopapajjati .

English translation of verse(s):

Verse 137
He who inflicts violence on those who are unarmed, and offends those who are inoffensive, will soon come upon one of these ten states:

Verse 138
Sharp pain, or disaster, bodily injury, serious illness, or derangement of mind, trouble from the government, or grave charges, loss of relatives, or loss of wealth, or houses destroyed by ravaging fire; upon dissolution of the body that ignorant man is born in hell.

Verse 139
Sharp pain, or disaster, bodily injury, serious illness, or derangement of mind, trouble from the government, or grave charges, loss of relatives, or loss of wealth, or houses destroyed by ravaging fire; upon dissolution of the body that ignorant man is born in hell.

Verse 140
Sharp pain, or disaster, bodily injury, serious illness, or derangement of mind, trouble from the government, or grave charges, loss of relatives, or loss of wealth, or houses destroyed by ravaging fire; upon dissolution of the body that ignorant man is born in hell.

(Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita)

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