tasmād abhāvakrasthau dharmādharmau yadi codanā na śaknuyād uddhartuṃ tenaiva grastau syātām iti codanālakṣaṇo 'rtho dharmādir nendriyādilakṣaṇaḥ /
Therefore, dharma and adharma would remain within the jaws of this non-apprehension and would be swallowed by it, if the Vedic injunction were not able to rescue them; hence dharma must be that which is characterized by injunction, not that which is characterized by sense-organs and other [means of cognition].