अकृत्वा कत्थसे कर्म किमर्थमिह राक्षस। कुरु तत्कर्म येनाहं श्रद्धेयं तव कत्थनम्॥
akṛtvā katthase karma kimarthamiha rākṣasa| kuru tatkarma yenāhaṃ śraddheyaṃ tava katthanam||
English Meaning
Why, O Raksasa, without doing (what you say), did you simply say it? Do the deed, so that I may have regard for your utterances.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)