सत्त्वयुक्ता हि पुरुषास्त्वद्विधाः पुरुषर्षभ। अविमृश्य न रोषश्य सहसा यान्ति वश्यताम् ॥
sattvayuktā hi puruṣāstvadvidhāḥ puruṣarṣabha| avimṛśya na roṣaśya sahasā yānti vaśyatām ||
English Meaning
O chief of men, persons endowed with the quality of goodness, like to you, do not suffer themselves to come under the sway of passion, without (at first) heedfully revolving matters.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)