अशोकवनिकामध्ये मैथिली नीयतामिति। तत्रेयं रक्ष्यतां गूढं युष्माभिः परिवारिता॥ तत्रैनां तर्जनैोरैः पुनः सान्त्वैश्च मैथिलीम्। आनयध्वं वशं सर्वा वन्यां गजवधूमिव ॥
aśokavanikāmadhye maithilī nīyatāmiti| tatreyaṃ rakṣyatāṃ gūḍhaṃ yuṣmābhiḥ parivāritā|| tatraināṃ tarjanaioraiḥ punaḥ sāntvaiśca maithilīm| ānayadhvaṃ vaśaṃ sarvā vanyāṃ gajavadhūmiva ||
English Meaning
Do you take Maithilī to the wood of Asokas. There surrounding her, do you secretly guard her; and there (sometimes) by storming, and (at other) by means of soft speech, do you all strive to bring Mithila's daughter, like a wild female elephant, under your sway.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)