यदि धर्मो भवेद्भूत अधर्मो वा परंतप। न स्म हत्वा मुनि वज्री कुर्यादिज्यां शतक्रतुः॥
yadi dharmo bhavedbhūta adharmo vā paraṃtapa| na sma hatvā muni vajrī kuryādijyāṃ śatakratuḥ||
English Meaning
O chastiser of foes, if virtue must be practised above all, or if prowess must have precedence, then the thunder-handed Satakratu would not have celebrated his sacrifice, slaying the ascetic.* *The Logic is all in a jumble; but such is the text. The ascetic was Visvarūpa. The meaning, according to the commentator, is that, prowess is first and virtue next. Indra first used force, and then acquired merit.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)