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राजोवाच धर्मं ब्रवीषि धर्मज्ञ ।
धर्मो ऽसि वृषरूपधृक् यदधर्मकृतः स्थानं ।
सूचकस्यापि तद्भवेत् ॥ २२ ॥
 
rajovaca
dharmam bravisi dharma-jna
dharmo 'si vrsa-rupa-dhrk
yad adharma-krtah sthanam
sucakasyapi tad bhavet
raja uvaca-the King said; dharmam-religiosity; bravisi-as you speak; dharma-jna-like one who knows the codes of religion; dharmah-the personality of religion; asi-you are; vrsa-rupa-dhrk-in the disguise of a bull; yat-whatever; adharma-krtah-one who acts irreligiously; sthanam-place; sucakasya-of the identifier; api-also; tat-that; bhavet-becomes.