Bhishma said Listen to me, O king, as I describe, O Bharata, the great virtues of the science of punishment in weighty and sacred words.
भीष्म उवाच महाभाग्यं दण्डनीत्याः सिद्धः शब्दैः सहेतुकैः। शृणु मे शंसतो राजन् यथावदिह भारत॥