बहवः पार्थिवा राजन्नातिक्रान्ता महाबलाः। कार्यस्य गौरवं मत्वा प्रतिज्ञां नाभ्यरोचयन्॥
bahavaḥ pārthivā rājannātikrāntā mahābalāḥ| kāryasya gauravaṃ matvā pratijñāṃ nābhyarocayan||
English Meaning
Many kings wielding great power have passed away who, having regard to the (possible) gravity of the undertaking, could not bring themselves to promise anything before hand.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)