tasmātpramāṇaṃ na vayo na kālaḥ kaścitkvacicchraiṣṭhyamupaiti loke | rājñāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca hitāni tāni kṛtāni putrairakṛtāni pūrvaiḥ ||
‘Therefore it is not age nor years which are the criterion; different persons win pre-eminence in the world at different places; those mighty exploits worthy of kings and sages, when left undone by the ancestors, have been done by the sons.’