हन्त्येष नियमाद् वध्यानवध्येषु न कुप्यति। युनक्त्यर्थैः प्रहृष्टश्च तमसौ यत्र तुष्यति॥
hantyeṣa niyamād vadhyānavadhyeṣu na kupyati| yunaktyarthaiḥ prahṛṣṭaśca tamasau yatra tuṣyati||
English Meaning
He slays those that deserve to be slain; but he is never enraged with those that ought not to be slain (i.e. the un-offending), with whom, he is pleased, he bestows wealth upon.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)