तस्मात् तस्योपघातेन प्रजाः परमपीडिताः। औदकानीव सत्त्वानि ग्रीष्मे सलिलसंक्षयात्॥
tasmāt tasyopaghātena prajāḥ paramapīḍitāḥ| audakānīva sattvāni grīṣme salilasaṃkṣayāt||
English Meaning
Therefore the subjects will be afflicted in consequence of his separation, even as aquatic animals are, when summer dries up the waters of a tank.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)