सुमहत्यपराधेऽपि दूतस्यातुलविक्रम। विरूपकरणं दृष्टं न बधोऽस्ति हि शास्त्रतः॥
sumahatyaparādhe'pi dūtasyātulavikrama| virūpakaraṇaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ na badho'sti hi śāstrataḥ||
English Meaning
O you of incomparable prowess, there is no sanction for the destruction of a messenger albeit he prepare a mighty iniquity Sometimes they have however been disfigured.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)