या मे राज्यविहीनस्य वने वन्येन जीवितः॥ सर्वं व्यपानयच्छोकं वैदेही क्व नु सा गता। ज्ञातिवर्गविहीनस्य वैदेहीमप्यपश्यतः॥
yā me rājyavihīnasya vane vanyena jīvitaḥ|| sarvaṃ vyapānayacchokaṃ vaidehī kva nu sā gatā| jñātivargavihīnasya vaidehīmapyapaśyataḥ||
English Meaning
Where has that Vaidehi gone who used to assuage my grief who had been deprived of kingdom and living in this forest on wild fruits and vegetables? Nights shall appear too long to me, keeping late liquors being deprived of my kinsmen and relatives and not beholding Vaidehi.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)