O best of kings, how can a man, being a king himself, act cruelly against other virtuous kings? After persecuting them, you want to offer them as sacrifices to Rudra.
राजा राज्ञः कथं साधून् हिंस्यानृपतिसत्तम। तद् राज्ञः संनिगृह्य त्वं रुद्रायोपजिहीर्षसि॥