जीवितान्तकरं घोरं सादृश्यात् तु विशङ्कितः। मूलघातो न नौ स्याद्धि द्वयोरिति कृतो मया॥
jīvitāntakaraṃ ghoraṃ sādṛśyāt tu viśaṅkitaḥ| mūlaghāto na nau syāddhi dvayoriti kṛto mayā||
English Meaning
I was so afraid of your resemblance with Vāli that I thought that lest the mortal shaft might destroy you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)