दर्शयन्ति हि बीभत्सैः क्रूरैर्भीषणकैरपि। नानारूपैर्विरूपैश्च रूपैरसुखदर्शनैः॥ अप्रशस्तैरशुचिभिः : सम्प्रयुज्य च तापसान्। प्रतिघ्नन्त्यपरान् क्षिप्रमनार्याः पुरतः स्थितान्॥
darśayanti hi bībhatsaiḥ krūrairbhīṣaṇakairapi| nānārūpairvirūpaiśca rūpairasukhadarśanaiḥ|| apraśastairaśucibhiḥ : samprayujya ca tāpasān| pratighnantyaparān kṣipramanāryāḥ purataḥ sthitān||
English Meaning
And they show themselves sometimes in disgusting shapes, sometimes in horrible and dreadful ones, in various frightful forms capable of frightening folks. And they throw execrable and unclean things among the anchorets, and torment those that happen to come before them.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)