न चास्य महतीं लक्ष्मी राज्यनाशोऽपकर्षति। लोककान्तस्य कान्तत्वाच्छीतरश्मेरिव क्षयः॥
na cāsya mahatīṃ lakṣmī rājyanāśo'pakarṣati| lokakāntasya kāntatvācchītaraśmeriva kṣayaḥ||
English Meaning
Loss of kingdom could not diminish the great beauty of that beloved of the people on account of its everlasting pleasantness, like to the wane of the moon.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)