Example sentences:

Ramayana: Rama explained to the fallen Vali that the bottom line was that he had exiled Sugriva without giving him any chance to defend himself and had cohabited with his younger brother’s wife, which was an offense akin to adultery.

Mahabharata: Duryodhana dismissed warnings about Krishna’s divinity; the bottom line, he felt, was that his forces outnumbered those of the Pandavas almost two to one.

Bhagavad-gita: The Gita responds to Arjuna’s question about identifying those in spiritual consciousness by describing their characteristics, thereby stressing the bottom line that a person’s consciousness is seen through their behavior.