मन्ये खलु मया पूर्वं विवत्सा बहवः कृताः। प्राणिनो हिंसिता वापि तन्मामिदमुपस्थितम् ॥
manye khalu mayā pūrvaṃ vivatsā bahavaḥ kṛtāḥ| prāṇino hiṃsitā vāpi tanmāmidamupasthitam ||
English Meaning
I conclude that formerly I deprived many a cow of her calf, and took the life of many creature, and it is for this that the present calamity has befallen me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)