अहोऽस्मि व्यसने मग्नः सर्वथा रिपुनाशन। किं त्विदानीं करिष्यामि शङ्के प्राप्तव्यमीदृशम्॥
aho'smi vyasane magnaḥ sarvathā ripunāśana| kiṃ tvidānīṃ kariṣyāmi śaṅke prāptavyamīdṛśam||
English Meaning
Alas! absolutely sunk am I in peril, O destroyer of foes. What shall I do now? I fear such an event was appointed for me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)