अद्याहं मार्गणैः प्राणानादास्ये जीवितान्तगैः। सलिले क्षीरमासक्तं निष्पिबन्निव सारसः॥ निहतस्य मया संख्ये शरसंकृत्तमर्मणः। सफेनं रुधिरं कस्य मेदिनी पातुमिच्छति॥
adyāhaṃ mārgaṇaiḥ prāṇānādāsye jīvitāntagaiḥ| salile kṣīramāsaktaṃ niṣpibanniva sārasaḥ|| nihatasya mayā saṃkhye śarasaṃkṛttamarmaṇaḥ| saphenaṃ rudhiraṃ kasya medinī pātumicchati||
English Meaning
a crane Even as afflicted with thirst appropriate milk mixed in water (leaving the latter out), so by means of fleet an lifedestroying shafts I will among the immortals take the life of that chastiser. The frothy blood of whom, having his marrow pierced (by me) and slain by me in battle, dose the Earth wish to drink?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)