महीपालाश्च सर्वे त्वां प्रजापतिमिवामराः। निरीक्षन्ते महात्मानं लोकनाथं यथा वयम्॥ पुत्राश्च पितृवद्राजन्पश्यन्ति त्वां महाबल। पृथिव्या गतिभूतोऽसि प्राणिनामपि राघव॥ स त्वमेवंविधं यज्ञमाहर्तासि कथं नृप। पृथिव्या राजवंशानां विनाशो यत्र दृश्यते॥
mahīpālāśca sarve tvāṃ prajāpatimivāmarāḥ| nirīkṣante mahātmānaṃ lokanāthaṃ yathā vayam|| putrāśca pitṛvadrājanpaśyanti tvāṃ mahābala| pṛthivyā gatibhūto'si prāṇināmapi rāghava|| sa tvamevaṃvidhaṃ yajñamāhartāsi kathaṃ nṛpa| pṛthivyā rājavaṃśānāṃ vināśo yatra dṛśyate||
English Meaning
O you of unmitigated prowess, as the deities honour the patriarch so other kings hold you in reverence. O king, all creatures mobile and immobile consider you as their father. O you of great strength, you are the refuge of all animals and of the universe. Therefore of what use is such a sacrifice to you? In such a sacrifice all the royal families meet with ruin.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)