Samantapañcaka at Kurukṣetra: Paraśurāma’s Tīrtha-Creation and Pitṛ-Rites (समन्तपञ्चक-तीर्थप्रशंसा)
बाधितुं भुवि भूतानि भूतानां न विधिं विना / शक्यते वत्स सर्वो ऽपि यतः शक्त्या स्वकर्मकृत्
bādhituṃ bhuvi bhūtāni bhūtānāṃ na vidhiṃ vinā / śakyate vatsa sarvo 'pi yataḥ śaktyā svakarmakṛt
Child, without the ordained law (vidhi) of beings, it is not possible to afflict creatures upon the earth; for each, by his own power, reaps the fruit of his own deeds.