श्रूयन्ते हस्तिभिर्गीताः श्लोकाः पद्मवने पुरा। पाशहस्तानरान्दृष्ट्वा शृणुष्व गदतो मम॥ नाग्निर्नान्यानि शस्त्राणि न नः पाशा भयावहाः।। घोराः स्वार्थप्रयुक्तास्तु ज्ञातयो नो भयावहाः॥
śrūyante hastibhirgītāḥ ślokāḥ padmavane purā| pāśahastānarāndṛṣṭvā śṛṇuṣva gadato mama|| nāgnirnānyāni śastrāṇi na naḥ pāśā bhayāvahāḥ|| ghorāḥ svārthaprayuktāstu jñātayo no bhayāvahāḥ||
English Meaning
Hear, I shall relate what elephants, in yore, spoke beholding some persons with noose in hand-We do not fear, fire, weapons, or even the terrible noose-we fear only the dreadful kinsmen, blinded with selfishness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)