प्राप्तकालं कृतं तेन पौलस्त्येन महात्मना। यत एव भयं दृष्टं तमेव शरणं गतः॥
prāptakālaṃ kṛtaṃ tena paulastyena mahātmanā| yata eva bhayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tameva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ||
English Meaning
The high-souled Vibhīşaņa did the just thing in proper time-he took shelter of him from whom he expected danger.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)