What wonder is there then that a wise man by doing something awfully cruel may even acquire virtue, as Balaka did by killing a blind beast.
किमाश्चर्यं कृतप्रज्ञः पुरुषोऽपि सुदारुणः। सुमहत् प्राप्नुयात् पुण्यं बलाकोऽन्धवधादिव॥