समाप्तकर्मा हि स राक्षसर्षभो भवत्यदृश्यः समरे सुरासुरैः। युयुत्सता तेन समाप्तकर्मणा भवेत्सुराणामपि संशयो महान्॥
samāptakarmā hi sa rākṣasarṣabho bhavatyadṛśyaḥ samare surāsuraiḥ| yuyutsatā tena samāptakarmaṇā bhavetsurāṇāmapi saṃśayo mahān||
English Meaning
If that foremost of Räkşasas can finish his rites, he shall be invisible to both celestials and Asuras; and, he fighting after finishing his sacrifice, the celestials themselves shall be placed in great jeopardy.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)