Ramayana
कामं तपःप्रभावेन शक्ता हन्तुं निशाचरान् । चिरार्जितं तु नेच्छामस्तपः खण्डयितुं वयम् ॥ ३-१०-१४
We by the efficacy of our ascesis are surely capable to eradicate those demons, but we do not wish to shorten the effect of our long earned merit of ascesis. ॥ 3-10-14॥॥
english translation
kAmaM tapaHprabhAvena zaktA hantuM nizAcarAn । cirArjitaM tu necchAmastapaH khaNDayituM vayam ॥ 3-10-14
hk transliteration by Sanscript