Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 334

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aṅgenāṅgamanupraviśya milato hastāvalepādibhiḥ kā vārtā yudhi gandhasindhurapatergandho'pi cetke dvipāḥ /
jetavyo'sti hareḥ sa lāñchanamato vandāmahe tāmabhūd yadgabha śarabhaḥ svayaṃjaya iti śrutvāpi yo nāṅkitaḥ //

What talk of an elephant in battle when [a lion] enters limb by limb into one that approaches, with smearing of the hands and the like? If [a lion has] even the scent of a scent-elephant, what are ordinary elephants? / Hari's mark is to be conquered; therefore we praise that [fame], / hearing of which even the śarabha, self-victorious, was not imprinted in the womb.