खरो यद्यतिवृत्तस्तु स रामेण हतो रणे। अवश्यं प्राणिना प्राणा रक्षितव्या यथाबलम्॥
kharo yadyativṛttastu sa rāmeṇa hato raṇe| avaśyaṃ prāṇinā prāṇā rakṣitavyā yathābalam||
English Meaning
If Khara, who had trespassed into regions not his own, has buen slain in battle by Rāma, surely a creature should to the best of his might preserve his life.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)