राजोवाच धर्मं ब्रवीषि धर्मज्ञ धर्मोऽसि वृषरूपधृक् । यदधर्मकृत: स्थानं सूचकस्यापि तद्भवेत् ॥ २२ ॥
rajovaca dharmam bravisi dharma-jna dharmo ’si vrsa-rupa-dhrk yad adharma-krtah sthanam sucakasyapi tad bhavet
- raja uvaca
- the King said
- dharmam
- religion
- bravisi
- as you speak
- dharma-jna
- O one who knows the codes of religion
- dharmah
- the personality of religion
- asi
- you are
- vrsa-rupa-dhrk
- in the disguise of a bull
- yat
- whatever
- adharma-krtah
- one who acts irreligiously
- sthanam
- place
- sucakasya
- of the identifier
- api
- also
- tat
- that
- bhavet
- becomes.
The King said: O you, who are in the form of a bull! You know the truth of religion, and you are speaking according to the principle that the destination intended for the perpetrator of irreligious acts is also intended for one who identifies the perpetrator. You are no other than the personality of religion.