सम्पूर्णमपि चेदद्य प्रतरेयं महोदधिम्। सोऽपि नूनं ममालक्ष्म्या विशुष्येत् सरितां पतिः॥
sampūrṇamapi cedadya pratareyaṃ mahodadhim| so'pi nūnaṃ mamālakṣmyā viśuṣyet saritāṃ patiḥ||
English Meaning
If for assuaging my grief I do enter the mighty ocean, verily shall that misfortune dry up even that lord of rivers.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)