महेन्द्र उवाच तपसोपान्जितो धर्मो धर्मेण च फलं नृपाम् । कथं फलं च तपसां यदि धर्मः क्षयं गतः
mahendra uvāca tapasopānjito dharmo dharmeṇa ca phalaṃ nṛpām | kathaṃ phalaṃ ca tapasāṃ yadi dharmaḥ kṣayaṃ gataḥ
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.