भण्डपुत्रशोकः (Bhaṇḍa’s Lament for His Sons) — Lalitopākhyāna Episode
अमराणां कृते को ऽयं किमस्माकं भविष्यति / वृथा कलकलं कृत्वा न फलं युद्धकर्मणा
amarāṇāṃ kṛte ko 'yaṃ kimasmākaṃ bhaviṣyati / vṛthā kalakalaṃ kṛtvā na phalaṃ yuddhakarmaṇā
Is this undertaken for the sake of the Amaras, the deathless gods? Then what shall become of us? We raise a clamor in vain; the labor of war yields no fruit.