नमो देववधेभ्यो नमो राजवधेभ्यः । अथो ये विश्यानां वधास् तेभ्यो मृत्यो नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥१॥
namo devavadhebhyo namo rājavadhebhyaḥ | atho ye viśyānāṃ vadhās tebhyo mṛtyo namo 'stu te ||1||
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Homage to the weapons (vadhá) of the gods; homage to the weapons of kings; likewise the weapons that are of the Vāiçyas—to them of thine, O death, be homage.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)