रिपूणां प्रतिकूलानां युद्धार्थमभिवर्तताम्। उभाभ्यां सदृशं नाम वक्तुमप्रस्तवे स्तवम्॥ आचार्यो गुरवो वृद्धा वृथा वां पर्युपासिताः। सारं यद्राजशास्त्राणानुजीव्यं न गृह्यते॥
ripūṇāṃ pratikūlānāṃ yuddhārthamabhivartatām| ubhābhyāṃ sadṛśaṃ nāma vaktumaprastave stavam|| ācāryo guravo vṛddhā vṛthā vāṃ paryupāsitāḥ| sāraṃ yadrājaśāstrāṇānujīvyaṃ na gṛhyate||
English Meaning
Without being questioned, it is (proper) for you both to hymn the praises of a foes that is opposed and that has advanced for encounter! You have in vain worshipped your preceptors, aged people, and spiritual guides, for you have failed to appropriate the cream of Political Science, which should be availed of.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)