तां धर्षणामदूरस्थां संदृश्यात्मनि पार्थिवः। चिन्तार्णवगतः पारं नाससादाप्लवो यथा॥
tāṃ dharṣaṇāmadūrasthāṃ saṃdṛśyātmani pārthivaḥ| cintārṇavagataḥ pāraṃ nāsasādāplavo yathā||
English Meaning
Perceiving this obloquy at a short distance, the king was plunged in a sea of anxiety, but could not cross it, like one that has no raft.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)