The deer said: Even men, who are slaves of lust and anger, who are devoid of reason and who are ever sinful, never commit such a cruel act. Man's individual judgment does not prevail against the ordinance; the ordinance (always) prevails against individual judgment. The wise men never sanction anything discountenanced by the ordinance.
मृग उवाच काममन्युपरीता हि बुद्ध्या विरहिता अपि। वर्जयन्ति नृशंसानि पापेष्वपि रता नराः॥ न विधिं ग्रसते प्रज्ञा प्रज्ञां तु ग्रसते विधिः। विधिपर्यागतानान् प्राज्ञो न प्रतिपद्यते॥