वध्यन्ते पापकर्माणो यद्यधर्मेण राघव। वधकर्महतोऽधर्मः स हतः कं वधिष्यति॥
vadhyante pāpakarmāṇo yadyadharmeṇa rāghava| vadhakarmahato'dharmaḥ sa hataḥ kaṃ vadhiṣyati||
English Meaning
If, O Rāghava, Rāghava, (it is contended that) unrighteousness cut off the wicked, then whom shall Unrighteousness, himself slain by the act of slaughter of the destroyer, slay in his turn?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)