स त्वं पुरुषशार्दूल तमायुधविनाकृतम्। अप्रविष्टं पुरं पूर्वं द्वारि तिष्ठ धृतायुधः॥ अप्रविष्टं च भवनं युद्धाय पुरुषर्षभ। आह्वयेथा महाबाहो ततो हन्तासि राक्षसम्॥
sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla tamāyudhavinākṛtam| apraviṣṭaṃ puraṃ pūrvaṃ dvāri tiṣṭha dhṛtāyudhaḥ|| apraviṣṭaṃ ca bhavanaṃ yuddhāya puruṣarṣabha| āhvayethā mahābāho tato hantāsi rākṣasam||
English Meaning
Therefore, O foremost of men, you should, before entering the city, stand at the gate obstructing his course. O you having long arms, you should invite him for battle when he shall be weaponless and in that way would be able to destroy him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)