Dhammapada · 26.23

Nidhāya daṇḍaṃ bhūtesu, tasesu thāvaresu ca;Yo na hanti na ghāteti, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

Nidhaya dandam bhutesu, tasesu thavaresu ca; Yo na hanti na ghateti, tamaham brumi brahmanam.

The one who has laid aside the rod toward all beings, whether moving or still, who does not kill or cause to kill — him I call a brahmin.

— Dhammapada 26.23

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.