अनाथ इव भूतानां नाथस्त्वं वासवोपमः। मया प्रेष्येण काकुत्स्थ किमर्थं परितप्यसे ॥
anātha iva bhūtānāṃ nāthastvaṃ vāsavopamaḥ| mayā preṣyeṇa kākutstha kimarthaṃ paritapyase ||
English Meaning
Why do you, O Kākutstha, being the lord of all creatures and resembling Väsava himself, and also backed by myself, your servant, grieve like one forlorn ?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)