रामो रमयतां श्रेष्ठो भ्रातरं दीप्ततेजसम्। न सर्वत्र क्षमा वीर पुरुषेषु प्रदृश्यते॥ सौमित्रे दुःसरो रोषो यथा क्षान्तो ययातिना। सत्त्वानुगं पुरस्कृत्य तन्निबोध समाहितः॥
rāmo ramayatāṃ śreṣṭho bhrātaraṃ dīptatejasam| na sarvatra kṣamā vīra puruṣeṣu pradṛśyate|| saumitre duḥsaro roṣo yathā kṣānto yayātinā| sattvānugaṃ puraskṛtya tannibodha samāhitaḥ||
English Meaning
O hero, forgiveness is not to be seen in all men. O Saumitri, do you hear attentively, the unbearable anger which was you hear attentively, the unbearable anger which was forgiven by the king Yayāti resorting to the quality of goodness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)