Suppose there is someone in a great forest of Śāl trees. If he cut a Śāl tree, the rest of trees do not think, “That is cut down but we are not.” This is because they neither have any attachment nor get angry (tadyathāpi syān mahāśālavanaṃ | tasmin kaścid evāgatya śālaṃ chindyāt | tatra teṣām avaśiṣṭānāṃ naivaṃ bhavati | eṣa chinno vayam acchinnā iti | na teṣām anunayo na pratighaḥ);

ŚikṣMS: tadyathāpi syān mahāśālavanan tasmi(119a)n* kaścid evāgatya śālaṃ chindyāt tatra teṣām avaśiṣṭānāṃ naivaṃ bhavaty eṣa cchinno vayam acchinnā iti | na teṣām anunayo na pratighaḥ |
ŚikṣB: tadyathāpi syān mahāśālavanaṃ | tasmin kaścid evāgatya śālaṃ chindyāt | tatra teṣām avaśiṣṭānāṃ naivaṃ bhavati | eṣa chinno vayam acchinnā iti | na teṣām anunayo na pratighaḥ |
ŚikṣTib: ’di lta ste dper na śiṅ sā la chen po’i tshal yod par la la źig ’oṅs te śiṅ sā la bcad na | de la śiṅ sā la bcad pa’i lhag ma rnams ’di sñam du ’di dag ni bcad do || bdag gis bcad do sñam du mi sems te | de dag la rjes su chags pa yaṅ med do || khoṅ khro ba yaṅ med do ||
ŚikṣChi: 譬如有人手持利斧入娑羅林斷其枝葉。當知彼樹無有瞋恚。