किं मया हतया मन्द जातः खलु तवान्तकृत् । यत्र क्व वा पूर्वशत्रुर् मा हिंसीः कृपणान्वृथा ॥ १२ ॥
kim maya hataya manda
jatah khalu tavanta-krt
yatra kva va purva-satrur
ma himsih krpanan vrtha
kim-what is the use; maya-me; hataya-in killing; manda-O you fool; jatah-has already been born; khalu-indeed; tava anta-krt-who will kill you; yatra kva va-somewhere else; purva-satruh-your former enemy; ma-do not; himsih-kill; krpanan-other poor children; vrtha-unnecessarily.