निष्फलाः खलु संवृत्ताः शराः पावकतेजसः। आदत्तं यैस्तु सङ्ग्रामे रिपूणां जीवितं मम॥
niṣphalāḥ khalu saṃvṛttāḥ śarāḥ pāvakatejasaḥ| ādattaṃ yaistu saṅgrāme ripūṇāṃ jīvitaṃ mama||
English Meaning
And those shafts resembling Fire in fierceness, which had in battle deprived my foes of their lives, have forsooth been rendered fruitless.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)