नहि तुल्यं बलं मह्यं राजा त्वद्य विशेषतः। बली राजा क्षत्रियश्च पृथिव्याः पतिरेव च॥
nahi tulyaṃ balaṃ mahyaṃ rājā tvadya viśeṣataḥ| balī rājā kṣatriyaśca pṛthivyāḥ patireva ca||
English Meaning
Surely, my strength is not equal to his. More specially, he is a king, a powerful king, more particularly, this day he should not be slain by me (inasmuch as he is my guest): he is a Ks atriya and lord of earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)