स त्वं हत्वा मधुसुतं लवणं पापनिश्चयम्॥ राज्यं प्रशाधि धर्मेण वाक्यं मे यद्यवेक्षसे। उत्तरं च न वक्तव्यं शूर वाक्यान्तरे मम॥ बालेन पूर्वजस्याज्ञा कर्तव्या नात्र संशयः। अभिषेकं च काकुत्स्थ प्रतीच्छस्व ममोद्यतम्। वसिष्ठप्रमुखैविप्रैर्विधिमन्त्रपुरस्कृतम्॥
sa tvaṃ hatvā madhusutaṃ lavaṇaṃ pāpaniścayam|| rājyaṃ praśādhi dharmeṇa vākyaṃ me yadyavekṣase| uttaraṃ ca na vaktavyaṃ śūra vākyāntare mama|| bālena pūrvajasyājñā kartavyā nātra saṃśayaḥ| abhiṣekaṃ ca kākutstha pratīcchasva mamodyatam| vasiṣṭhapramukhaiviprairvidhimantrapuraskṛtam||
English Meaning
So if you accept my words, then slaying Madhu's son, the sinful Lavana, rule the kingdom righteously. O hero, you must say anything after what I have spoken. Without doubt, a youthful younger brother must obey the injunctions of his elder brother. Do you, o Kākutstha, accept the installation which I confer on the, precluded by the prescribed religious formulae uttered by Vipras headed by Vasiştha."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)