प्रासकार्मुकबिभ्रद्भिर्युवभिर्मुष्टकुण्डलैः। अप्रमादिभिरेकाग्रैः स्वानुरक्तैरधिष्ठिताम्॥ तत्र काषायिणो वृद्धान् वेत्रपाणीन् स्वलंकृतान्। ददर्श विष्ठितान् द्वारि स्त्र्यध्यक्षान् सुसमाहितान्॥
prāsakārmukabibhradbhiryuvabhirmuṣṭakuṇḍalaiḥ| apramādibhirekāgraiḥ svānuraktairadhiṣṭhitām|| tatra kāṣāyiṇo vṛddhān vetrapāṇīn svalaṃkṛtān| dadarśa viṣṭhitān dvāri stryadhyakṣān susamāhitān||
English Meaning
Having youthful warders, carrying dares and bows, wearing ear-rings, cautious, attentive and devoted and saw (seated at the gate) several old men commanding female warders, mindful of duty, wearing red cloths and excellent ornaments, and having rattans in their hands.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)