नैकान्तविजयो युद्धे भूतपूर्वः कदाचन। परैर्वा हन्यते वीरः परान्वा हन्ति संयुगे॥
naikāntavijayo yuddhe bhūtapūrvaḥ kadācana| parairvā hanyate vīraḥ parānvā hanti saṃyuge||
English Meaning
Besides success in battle is not perpetual; either one slays his enemy or meets with his destruction at his hands in the conflict.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)