तन्मे धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ स्थानं निर्देष्टुमर्हसि ।
यत्रैव नियतो वत्स्य आतिष्ठंस्तेऽनुशासनम् ॥३७॥

tan me dharma-bhṛtāṁ śreṣṭha
sthānaᚁ nirdeᚣᚭum arhasi
yatraiva niyato vatsya
ātiṣṭhaṁs te 'nuśāsanam


Text

Best of upholders of dharma! You should designate for me that place where I can reside permanently abiding by your order.

Purport

“I do not kill those who have surrendered to me.”

“O best among protectors of dharma! Then give me a place to stay.”