Dyumutsena said If the sparing of those who should be killed, by virtue, if robbers be spared, O Satyavat, then all distinctions (between virtue and vice) would disappear.
धुमत्सेन उवाच अथ चेदवधो धर्मोऽधर्मः को जातु चिद् भवेत्। दस्यवश्चेन्न हन्येरन् सत्यवन् संकरो भवेत्॥