आपृच्छे त्वां पुरिश्रेष्ठे काकुत्स्थपरिपालिते। दैवतानि च यानि त्वां पालयन्त्यावसन्ति च ॥
āpṛcche tvāṃ puriśreṣṭhe kākutsthaparipālite| daivatāni ca yāni tvāṃ pālayantyāvasanti ca ||
English Meaning
O best of cities, governed by Kākutstha, I address you as well as the deities that inhabit and guard you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)