Verse 30·VR 4.18.30

शक्यम् त्वया अपि तत् कार्यम् धर्मम् एव अनुवर्तता | श्रूयते मनुना गीतौ श्लोकौ चारित्र वत्सलौ || गृहीतौ धर्म कुशलैः तथा तत् चरितम् मयाअ || ४-१८-३०

raajabhiH dhR^ita daNDaaH ca kR^itvaa paapaani maanavaaH |nirmalaaH svargam aayaanti santaH sukR^itino yathaa || 4-18-31

Translation

"Had you pursued rightness you too would have done the same deed in imposing such a punishment, and we hear two verses that are given to the advocacy of good conventions, which the experts of rightness have also accepted, and which are said to be coined by Manu, and I too conducted myself only as detailed in those verses of law. [4-18-30]

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Rama's Elucidation of Dharma to Vali

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