पुरा प्रेक्ष्य सुवृत्तं मां पिता यान्याह सान्त्वयन्। वाक्यानि तानि श्रोष्यामि कुतः कर्णसुखान्यहम्॥
purā prekṣya suvṛttaṃ māṃ pitā yānyāha sāntvayan| vākyāni tāni śroṣyāmi kutaḥ karṇasukhānyaham||
English Meaning
And from whom shall I hear those words grateful to the ear, which my father gratifying me used to speak to me when I happened to do something well?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)