न खल्वियं मतिश्रेष्ठ यत्त्वां सम्प्रेषयाम्यहम्। इयं च राजधर्माणां क्षत्रस्य च मतिर्मता॥
na khalviyaṃ matiśreṣṭha yattvāṃ sampreṣayāmyaham| iyaṃ ca rājadharmāṇāṃ kṣatrasya ca matirmatā||
English Meaning
O foremost of intelligent ones, (that I send you to battle) is certainly not proper; yet this course of action is endorsed by Kșatriyas and those following the morality of kings.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)