गोदावरीयं सरितां वरिष्ठा प्रिया प्रियाया मम नित्यकालम्। अप्यत्र गच्छेदिति चिन्तयामि नैकाकिनी याति हि सा कदाचित् ॥
godāvarīyaṃ saritāṃ variṣṭhā priyā priyāyā mama nityakālam| apyatra gacchediti cintayāmi naikākinī yāti hi sā kadācit ||
English Meaning
This is Godāvarī, the best of rivers, my dear wife took delight in her-has she gone there?—But she never goes there alone.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)