What, O Rākṣasa, do you gain by slaughtering exceedingly pious ascetics engaged in righteous acts, living in the forest of Dandaka?
वसतो दण्डकारण्ये तापसान् धर्मचारिणः। किं नु हत्वा महाभागान् फलं प्राप्स्यसि राक्षस॥