साधु सौम्या निवर्तध्वं किं प्राणान्परिरक्षथ। नालं युद्धाय वै रक्षो महतीयं विभीषिका॥
sādhu saumyā nivartadhvaṃ kiṃ prāṇānparirakṣatha| nālaṃ yuddhāya vai rakṣo mahatīyaṃ vibhīṣikā||
English Meaning
You amiable ones, desist. Why should you save yourselves? This Rākşasa does not come to fight, this is only a great phenomenon to affright.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)