कच्चिन्नु धरते तात राजा यत् त्वमिहागतः। क्वच्चिन्न दीनः सहसा राजा लोकान्तरं गतः॥
kaccinnu dharate tāta rājā yat tvamihāgataḥ| kvaccinna dīnaḥ sahasā rājā lokāntaraṃ gataḥ||
English Meaning
Is the king alive, my child, seeing that you have come hither; or, afflicted with grief, has he suddenly gone to the other world?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)