मारौत्सीर्मा च कार्षीस्त्वं देवि सम्परिशोषणम्॥ अवध्यो वध्यतां को वा वध्यः को वा विमुच्यताम्। दरिद्रः को भवेदाढ्यो द्रव्यवान् वाप्यकिंचनः॥
mārautsīrmā ca kārṣīstvaṃ devi sampariśoṣaṇam|| avadhyo vadhyatāṃ ko vā vadhyaḥ ko vā vimucyatām| daridraḥ ko bhavedāḍhyo dravyavān vāpyakiṃcanaḥ||
English Meaning
Do not conceal your thoughts, nor, O noble one, afflict your person. Who, that should not be slain, shall be put to death; and who that should, is to be set at liberty? Who that is poor is to be made rich; and who that is affluent is to be turned into a pauper?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)