न हि धर्मविरुद्धस्य लोकवृत्तादपेयुषः | दण्डादन्यत्र पश्यामि निग्रहं हरियूथप || ४-१८-२१
'O lord of monkeys I do not see any other way of controlling a person excepting punishing the one who has acted against dharma and swerved from the accepted code of conduct. [4-18-21]
न हि ते मर्षये पापं क्षत्रियोऽहं कुलोद्भवः | औरसीं भगिनीं वापि भार्यां वाप्यनुजस्य यः || ४-१८-२२
'I am a kshatriya born of a good family. I will not pardon you for your sin. Whosoever transgresses dharma against his own daughter, sister or brother's wife..... - [4-18-22]
'How can you, who have strayed from dharma, go unpunished? While ruling righteously sensible Bharata punishes him who oversteps the momentous virtue,..... - [4-18-24]
- and he is poised to put down lustful ones. O Vali we have to follow Bharata's command and are bent upon punishing those wicked people who deviate from the bounds of dharma. [4-18-25]