तस्मिन्नतिसुखे काले धनुष्मानिषुमान् रथी। व्यायामकृतसंकल्पः सरयूमन्वगां नदीम्॥ निपाने महिषं रात्रौ गजं वाभ्यागतं मृगम्। अन्यद्वाश्वापदं किंचिज्जिघांसुरजितेन्द्रियः॥
tasminnatisukhe kāle dhanuṣmāniṣumān rathī| vyāyāmakṛtasaṃkalpaḥ sarayūmanvagāṃ nadīm|| nipāne mahiṣaṃ rātrau gajaṃ vābhyāgataṃ mṛgam| anyadvāśvāpadaṃ kiṃcijjighāṃsurajitendriyaḥ||
English Meaning
At such a sweet hour, I intent upon taking exercise, taking my bow and arrows and mounted on my car, sallied out for the river Sarayū, with the intention that I with my senses under control, should in the watery expense slay any buffalo, elephant, or any other beast that mighty have come there in the night.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)