Sīlavīmaṅsajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 469

[469] Virtue (sīla), so it seems, is truly a thing of beauty; virtue is unsurpassed in the world. Behold: the great serpent (nāga) of dreadful venom is not slain, for [it is thought], "He is virtuous (sīlavā)."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.