मावासयं मृत्युमिवात्मनस्त्वाम्। चिरं बताङ्केन धृतासि सी महाविषा तेन हतोऽस्मि मोहात्॥
māvāsayaṃ mṛtyumivātmanastvām| ciraṃ batāṅkena dhṛtāsi sī mahāviṣā tena hato'smi mohāt||
English Meaning
I have kept in my mansion, like to my own death, you that desire my destruction, and are intent upon doing me wrong, and are my foe. I have for a long time held you on my lap, like to a she-snake of virulent poison; therefore in consequence of my folly, I now meet with destruction.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)