पराङ्मुखवधं पापं यः करोति सुरेश्वर। स हन्ता न गतः स्वर्ग लभते पुण्यकर्मणाम्॥
parāṅmukhavadhaṃ pāpaṃ yaḥ karoti sureśvara| sa hantā na gataḥ svarga labhate puṇyakarmaṇām||
English Meaning
O lord of the celestials, he that commits the crime of slaying one that desists from fight cannot go to the celestial regions as the fruit of meritorious acts.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)