अहं तावदिह प्राप्तः किं पुनस्ते महाबलाः। नहि प्रकृष्टाः प्रेष्यन्ते प्रेष्यन्ते हीतरे जनाः॥
ahaṃ tāvadiha prāptaḥ kiṃ punaste mahābalāḥ| nahi prakṛṣṭāḥ preṣyante preṣyante hītare janāḥ||
English Meaning
While I have crossed over the main-what of these mighty heroes? The leading heroes are never sent on a mission but only those of inferior merit.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)