परदाराभिमर्शात् तु नान्यत् पापतरं महत्। प्रमदानां सहस्राणि तव राजन् परिग्रहे॥ भव स्वदारनिरतः स्वकुलं रक्ष राक्षसान्। मानं वृद्धिं च राज्यं च जीवितं चेष्टमात्मनः॥
paradārābhimarśāt tu nānyat pāpataraṃ mahat| pramadānāṃ sahasrāṇi tava rājan parigrahe|| bhava svadāranirataḥ svakulaṃ rakṣa rākṣasān| mānaṃ vṛddhiṃ ca rājyaṃ ca jīvitaṃ ceṣṭamātmanaḥ||
English Meaning
There is no greater sin on earth than carrying away another's wife. There are thousand ladies in your seraglio O king. Being attached to your wives do you preserve the race of the Rākşasas, your own line, your wished for life, kingdom, wealth and dignity.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)