सुराः शृणुत मद्वाक्यं यत्तावन्मम रोचते। जीवन्नेव दशग्रीवः साधु रक्षो निगृह्यताम्॥
surāḥ śṛṇuta madvākyaṃ yattāvanmama rocate| jīvanneva daśagrīvaḥ sādhu rakṣo nigṛhyatām||
English Meaning
O you deities-bear my words, what appear to me best. This Ten-necked demon must be vanquished by us while alive.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)