नहि ते निष्ठुरं वाच्यो भरतो नाप्रियं वचः। अहं ह्यप्रियमुक्तः स्यां भरतस्याप्रिये कृते॥
nahi te niṣṭhuraṃ vācyo bharato nāpriyaṃ vacaḥ| ahaṃ hyapriyamuktaḥ syāṃ bharatasyāpriye kṛte||
English Meaning
Certainly you ought not to say cruel or unpleasant words in relation to Bharata, if wrong be done to Bharata, I shall consider myself as wornged.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)