वृक्णभूमितलां निम्नां वृकणपात्रैः समावृताम्। उपयुक्तोदकां भग्नां प्रपां निपतितामिव ॥ विपुलां विततां चैव युक्तपाशां तरस्विनाम्। भूमौ बाणैर्विनिष्कृत्तां पतितां ज्यामिवायुधात्॥
vṛkṇabhūmitalāṃ nimnāṃ vṛkaṇapātraiḥ samāvṛtām| upayuktodakāṃ bhagnāṃ prapāṃ nipatitāmiva || vipulāṃ vitatāṃ caiva yuktapāśāṃ tarasvinām| bhūmau bāṇairviniṣkṛttāṃ patitāṃ jyāmivāyudhāt||
English Meaning
Like to a reservoir with its terrace riven, filled with broken pots, and lying with its pillars crushed; like a long strong bow-string fixed on a bow furnished with nooses, falling off the bow to the ground, being snapped in consequence of the pressure of the arrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)