वरुणेन यथा पाशैर्बद्ध एवाभिदृश्यते । तथा पापान्निगृह्णीयाद् व्रतमेतद् हि वारुणम् ॥ ३०८ ॥
sanskrit
As (a sinner) is seen bound with ropes by Varuna, even so let him punish the wicked; that is his office in which he resembles Varuna.
english translation