कः क्षत्रियकुले जातः श्रुतवान् नष्टसंशयः। धर्मलिङ्गप्रतिच्छन्नः क्रूरं कर्म समाचरेत् ॥
kaḥ kṣatriyakule jātaḥ śrutavān naṣṭasaṃśayaḥ| dharmaliṅgapraticchannaḥ krūraṃ karma samācaret ||
English Meaning
Who, born in the race of Kșatriyas, versed in religious lore, having his doubts removed and marks of piety on his person, perpetrates such an iniquitous deed?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)