अश्रुत्वा राजवचनं कथं गच्छामि भामिनि। तच्छ्रुत्वा मन्त्रिणो वाक्यं राजा मन्त्रिणमब्रवीत्॥
aśrutvā rājavacanaṃ kathaṃ gacchāmi bhāmini| tacchrutvā mantriṇo vākyaṃ rājā mantriṇamabravīt||
English Meaning
“How can I go," replied Sumantra, Without the permission of the king?” Hearing these words of the counsellor, the king spoke to him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)