o slayer of foes, even a wicked-minded enemy, if he, with folded palms and a poor heart, crave for your shelter, should not be slain.
बद्धाञ्जलिपुटं दीनं याचन्तं शरणागतम्। न हन्यादानृशंस्यार्थमपि शत्रु परंतप॥