अहं किं चापि वक्ष्यामि देवीं तव सुतो मया। नीतोऽसौ मातुलकुलं संतापं मा कृथा इति॥ असत्यमपि नैवाहं ब्रूयां वचनमीदृशम्। कथमप्रियमेवाहं ब्रूयां सत्यमिदं वचः॥
ahaṃ kiṃ cāpi vakṣyāmi devīṃ tava suto mayā| nīto'sau mātulakulaṃ saṃtāpaṃ mā kṛthā iti|| asatyamapi naivāhaṃ brūyāṃ vacanamīdṛśam| kathamapriyamevāhaṃ brūyāṃ satyamidaṃ vacaḥ||
English Meaning
Shall I say to the worshipful one, 'I have conveyed your son to the home of his maternal uncle. Do you not grieve.' I will never tell such a lie. Yet how can I speak this truth which is so very unpleasant?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)