अभिशापादहं घोरां प्रविष्टो राक्षसी तनुम्। तुम्बुरुर्नाम गन्धर्वः शप्तो वैश्रवणेन हि ॥
abhiśāpādahaṃ ghorāṃ praviṣṭo rākṣasī tanum| tumbururnāma gandharvaḥ śapto vaiśravaṇena hi ||
English Meaning
By virtue of a curse, I entered this dreadful Räkşasi form, I a Gandharva, having been cursed by Vaisravaņa.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)