कौ युवां वृषभस्कन्धौ महाखङ्गधनुर्धरौ॥ घोरं देशमिमं प्राप्तौ दैवेन मम चाक्षुषो। वदतं कार्यमिह वां किमर्थं जागतौ युवाम्॥ इमं देशमनुप्राप्तौ दुर्लभं जीवितं हि वाम्।
kau yuvāṃ vṛṣabhaskandhau mahākhaṅgadhanurdharau|| ghoraṃ deśamimaṃ prāptau daivena mama cākṣuṣo| vadataṃ kāryamiha vāṃ kimarthaṃ jāgatau yuvām|| imaṃ deśamanuprāptau durlabhaṃ jīvitaṃ hi vām|
English Meaning
Who are you two youthful figures having the neck of a bull and with mighty daggers and bows in your hands? Arriving in this fearful place you have by chance come within the compass of my vision. Tell me now what have you to do here, and what for have you come? I have been waiting here being hungry, and you have come here having daggers and bows with arrows in your hands like to two oxen having sharpened horns. Nearing me quickly, it will be hard for you to draw your vital breath.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)