स्नेहाच्च बहुमानाच्च स्मारये त्वां तु शिक्षये। न कथंचन सा कार्या गृहीतधनुषा त्वया॥ बुद्धिर्वैरं विना हन्तुं राक्षसान् दण्डकाश्रितान्। अपराधं विना हन्तुं लोको वीर न मंस्यते॥
snehācca bahumānācca smāraye tvāṃ tu śikṣaye| na kathaṃcana sā kāryā gṛhītadhanuṣā tvayā|| buddhirvairaṃ vinā hantuṃ rākṣasān daṇḍakāśritān| aparādhaṃ vinā hantuṃ loko vīra na maṃsyate||
English Meaning
From affection and the high honour in which I hold you, I merely remind you of this matter. I do not teach you. Equipped with bows as you are, you should renounce all thoughts of slaying without hostility the Rākṣasas residing in Dandaka. Without offence none should be slain.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)