इदं तु दु:खं यदनर्थकानि मे व्रतानि दानानि च संयमाश्च हि। तपश्च तप्तं यदपत्यकाम्यया सुनिष्फलं बीजमिवोप्तमूषरे॥
idaṃ tu du:khaṃ yadanarthakāni me vratāni dānāni ca saṃyamāśca hi| tapaśca taptaṃ yadapatyakāmyayā suniṣphalaṃ bījamivoptamūṣare||
English Meaning
This distresses me that all my religious vows, alms giving, self-restraint and austerity, performed with a view of obtaining a son, have been fruitless, like to the seeds thrown on a barren soil.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)