Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  Lying besides Ravana’s corpse, Mandodari lamented, “You have received the just retribution for your vile act of abducting the chaste Sita.”

Mahabharata:  Fearing retribution by the powerful Duryodhana, none of those present in the Kuru assembly dared be the first to oppose the mistreatment of Draupadi.

Bhagavad-gita:  Karma is meant not for retribution, but for reformation; that’s why those who reform are freed from their bad karma by Krishna.