अयं च राजा व्यसनाभिभूतो मित्रैरमित्रप्रतिमैर्भवद्भिः। अन्वास्यते राक्षसनाशनार्थे तीक्ष्णः प्रकृत्या ह्यसमीक्ष्यकारी॥
ayaṃ ca rājā vyasanābhibhūto mitrairamitrapratimairbhavadbhiḥ| anvāsyate rākṣasanāśanārthe tīkṣṇaḥ prakṛtyā hyasamīkṣyakārī||
English Meaning
The king, naturally of fierce temper and thoughtless, through the instrumentality of you who appearing to be his friends are in reality his foes, seek to destroy the Rākşasas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)