Bhishma said Listen, O scion of the Kurus, who is punishment and why is he also called Vyavahara. That upon whom all things depend is called punishment.
भीष्म उवाच शृणु कौरव्य यो दण्डो व्यवहारो यथा च सः। यस्मिन् हि सर्वमायत्तं स दण्ड इह केवलः॥