तत्किं तव यथा वीर परिश्रम्य गते नृपे। ये तु संनिहिता वीराः कुमारास्ते पराजिताः॥
tatkiṃ tava yathā vīra pariśramya gate nṛpe| ye tu saṃnihitā vīrāḥ kumārāste parājitāḥ||
English Meaning
While the king is away, what is the use of taking trouble, O hero? And all these heroic sons (of Varuna) have been vanquished.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)