Verse 61·VR 4.18.61

दण्ड्ये यः पातयेत् दण्डम् दण्ड्यो यः च अपि दण्ड्यते | कार्य कारण सिद्धार्थौ उभौ तौ न अवसीदतः || ४-१८-६१

yathaa tvayi a.ngado nityam vartate vaanareshvaraH |tathaa vartate sugriivo mayi ca api na saMshayaH || 4-18-64

Translation

"He who administers punishment to the punishable, and he who is punishable and gets punished, both of them will achieve the results of cause and effect, where punishment is the effect from the cause of wrongdoing, and they both thereby will not be condemned. [4-18-61]

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Rama's Elucidation of Dharma to Vali

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