एतैर्ब्रह्मर्षिभिनित्यमृत्विजस्तस्य पौर्वकाः। विद्याविनीता हीमन्तः कुशला नियतेन्द्रियाः॥ श्रीमन्तश्च महात्मानः शस्त्रज्ञा दृढविक्रमाः। कीर्तिमन्तः प्रगिहिता यथावचनकारिणः।७।। तेजः क्षमायशः प्राप्ताः स्मितपूर्वाभिभाषिणः। क्रोधात् कामार्थहेतोर्वा न ब्रुयुरनृतं वचः।८।।
etairbrahmarṣibhinityamṛtvijastasya paurvakāḥ| vidyāvinītā hīmantaḥ kuśalā niyatendriyāḥ|| śrīmantaśca mahātmānaḥ śastrajñā dṛḍhavikramāḥ| kīrtimantaḥ pragihitā yathāvacanakāriṇaḥ|7|| tejaḥ kṣamāyaśaḥ prāptāḥ smitapūrvābhibhāṣiṇaḥ| krodhāt kāmārthahetorvā na bruyuranṛtaṃ vacaḥ|8||
English Meaning
Ever associated in counsel with these Brahmarsis, his priests and counsellors serving the dynasty from father to son, were learned yet modest. and bashful, and conversant with policy, and of subdued-sense, and auspicious, and highsouled, and accomplished in the art of arms, and of high renown, and cautious, and acting according to their word, and possessing energy, forgiveness and fame and ever precluding their speech with a smile, and never committing themselves to a lie either from anger or interest or desire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)