न जीवितं मेऽस्ति कुतः पुनः सुखं विनात्मजेनात्मवतां कुतो रतिः। ममाहितं देवि न कर्तुमर्हसि स्पृशामि पादावपि ते प्रसीद मे॥
na jīvitaṃ me'sti kutaḥ punaḥ sukhaṃ vinātmajenātmavatāṃ kuto ratiḥ| mamāhitaṃ devi na kartumarhasi spṛśāmi pādāvapi te prasīda me||
English Meaning
My life itself is in jeopardy, where then is my happiness? Where is the happiness of parents without their sons? It behove you not, O noble dame, to do evil to me. I take hold of your feet; do you be propitious to me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)