वाल्मीकिरुवाच ।। यथा तरुषु वृक्षत्वं सर्वत्र न जहाति च ।। तथा कृतघ्नता राजन्सर्वपापेषु वर्त्तते
vālmīkiruvāca || yathā taruṣu vṛkṣatvaṃ sarvatra na jahāti ca || tathā kṛtaghnatā rājansarvapāpeṣu varttate
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.