सास्मि भीता समुद्विग्ना विषण्णा च निशाचर। शरणं त्वं पुनः प्राप्ता सर्वतो भयदर्शिनी॥ विषादनक्राध्युषिते परित्रासोर्मिमालिनि। किं मां न त्रायसे मग्नां विपुले शोकसागरे॥
sāsmi bhītā samudvignā viṣaṇṇā ca niśācara| śaraṇaṃ tvaṃ punaḥ prāptā sarvato bhayadarśinī|| viṣādanakrādhyuṣite paritrāsormimālini| kiṃ māṃ na trāyase magnāṃ vipule śokasāgare||
English Meaning
O ranger of the night, I am afraid, and agitated, and cast down. I have (at length) found in you a refuge, seeing fear on all sides. Will you not rescue me who am sinking in this ocean of grief, having sorrow for its alligators and affright for billows?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)