Manu

'Those who sin are purified by the punishment of kings, and like the virtuous, they attain heaven. By suffering or making full atonement, they reap the rewards of their righteous actions. While kings who do not punish incur the penalties of those who err.'

Abstaining from harm, speaking the truth, being just, compassionate, and self-disciplined, having children with one's own spouse, being friendly, modest, and patient - practicing these is the best form of religion, as stated by Manu himself.

Manu said, 'One can enter into Brahma by liberating oneself from acts. The rules about acts are meant for this very purpose.

Manu, the son of the Self-born, has shown compassion for humans and indicated a path for people to follow knowledge instead of harm, for the sake of liberation.

Manu himself has said that the person who, following proper rules, donates gems to a Brahmin who also follows proper rules, earns infinite merit for himself and gives infinite merit to the recipient.

Manu has said that a person who neither eats meat nor kills living creatures nor causes them to be killed is a friend to all creatures.

The ultimate refuge of liberation, that is, Brahma, is beyond the qualities of heat, cold, mildness, or intensity, and beyond the qualities of taste, like sweetness or bitterness.

It is through food that living beings are nourished, and it is through sacrifice and selfless action that the cycle of life and sustenance is maintained.