नूनं पुरुषशार्दूलो मत्तमातङ्गविक्रमः। शोभयिष्यत्यरण्यानि विचरन् स महारथः॥ तास्तथा विलपन्त्यस्तु नगरे नागरस्त्रियः। चुक्रुशुर्दुःखसंतप्ता मृत्योरिव भयागमे॥
nūnaṃ puruṣaśārdūlo mattamātaṅgavikramaḥ| śobhayiṣyatyaraṇyāni vicaran sa mahārathaḥ|| tāstathā vilapantyastu nagare nāgarastriyaḥ| cukruśurduḥkhasaṃtaptā mṛtyoriva bhayāgame||
English Meaning
Thus lamenting in the city, the females thereof burning in grief became distressed like people stricken with panic on the occasion of a plague.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)