The messengers of Yama, nooses in hand, drag such men down to hell. A man should behave toward another exactly as that other behaves toward him -- even this accords with sound policy. One may deal falsely with one who deals falsely, but honestly with one whose conduct is honest. Old age destroys beauty; hope destroys patience; death destroys life; worldly pleasures destroy the practice of virtue; lust destroys modesty; the company of the wicked destroys good conduct; anger destroys prosperity; and pride destroys all things. Dhritarashtra said: "It is declared in all the Vedas that a man is allotted a hundred years of life. For what reason, then, do not all men reach that full span?" Vidura said: "Excessive pride, excess in speech, excess in eating, anger, the craving for pleasures, and inner discord -- these, O king, are six sharp swords that cut short the lifespan allotted to beings. It is these that slay men, not death itself. Knowing this, blessed are you!" He who takes for himself the wife of one who trusted him; he who defiles the bed of his teacher; that brahmin, O descendant of Bharata, who becomes the husband of a shudra woman or who drinks wine; he who reviles brahmins, or sets himself up as their master, or seizes the lands that sustain them; and he who takes the life of those who, seeking protection, submit to him -- all these are guilty of the sin of killing a brahmin.