nanu sarvaṁ pāpnānaṁ tarati brahma-hatyāṁ yo'śvamedhena yajeta, ya u vainam evaṁ veda iti śravaṇāt aśvamedhena nikhila-pāpanāśāttava paritāpo nocita iti ced, aśvamedhasyāpi bahu-hiṁsā-miśratvena pāpa-hetutvāt na tena tan-nāśa ity āha—yatheti |
paṅkena yathā paṅkānto na mṛjyate, surālavakṛtam apāvitryaṁ yathā surayā bahvyā na mṛjyate, tathā dhī-pūrvaka-hiṁsā-pracurair anekair yajñair ekāṁ bhūta-hatyāṁ pramādād api jātāṁ mārṣṭuṁ jano nārhati |
hetu-vāda-vijṛmbhito'yam avivekaḥ ||
kuntī-stuti-yudhiṣṭhirānutāpo nāma aṣṭamo’dhyāyaḥ ||