एवमस्त्रविदां श्रेष्ठः सत्त्ववाञ्छीलवानपि॥ किमर्थमस्त्रं रक्षःसु न योजयसि राघव।
evamastravidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ sattvavāñchīlavānapi|| kimarthamastraṃ rakṣaḥsu na yojayasi rāghava|
English Meaning
O Rāghava, you are the foremost of those skilled in the use of weapons, powerful and gifted with an excellent character, why do you not discharge weapons towards the Rākşasas?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)