ममैव नूनं मरणं न विद्यते न चावकाशोऽस्ति यमक्षये मम। यदन्तकोऽद्यैव न मां जिहीर्षति प्रसह्य सिंहो रुदती मृगीमिव ॥ स्थिरं हि नूनं हृदयं ममायसं न भिद्यते यद् भुवि नो विदीर्यते। अनेन दुःखेन च देहमर्पित ध्रुवं ह्यकाले मरणं न विद्यते॥
mamaiva nūnaṃ maraṇaṃ na vidyate na cāvakāśo'sti yamakṣaye mama| yadantako'dyaiva na māṃ jihīrṣati prasahya siṃho rudatī mṛgīmiva || sthiraṃ hi nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ mamāyasaṃ na bhidyate yad bhuvi no vidīryate| anena duḥkhena ca dehamarpita dhruvaṃ hyakāle maraṇaṃ na vidyate||
English Meaning
There is no death for me, no vacant place in the abode of Yama; otherwise why does not Death take me away like to a lion snatching away a weeping hind; certain it is that my heart is made of iron, as it does not rend nor does my body being pressed down with this sorrow and (falling) down on earth, break into pieces; verily have I no death before time.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)