असंशयं शत्रुरयं प्रवृद्धः कृतं ह्यनेनाप्रियमप्रमेयम्। न दूतवध्यां प्रवदन्ति सन्तो दूतस्य दृष्टा बहवो हि दण्डाः॥
asaṃśayaṃ śatrurayaṃ pravṛddhaḥ kṛtaṃ hyanenāpriyamaprameyam| na dūtavadhyāṃ pravadanti santo dūtasya dṛṣṭā bahavo hi daṇḍāḥ||
English Meaning
Surely this is an overgrown enemy; and he has perpetrated immense injury (to us). But say the good, envoys are not to be slain, albeit many are the punishments that have been assigned for messengers.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)