यथैव गुरुतल्पगम्। तां गिरं करुणं श्रुत्वा मम धर्मानुकाक्षिणः॥ कराभ्यां सशरं चापं व्यथितस्यापतद् भुवि। तस्याहं करुणं श्रुत्वा ऋषेर्विलपतो निशि॥ सम्भ्रान्तः शोकवेगेन भृशमासं विचेतनः।
yathaiva gurutalpagam| tāṃ giraṃ karuṇaṃ śrutvā mama dharmānukākṣiṇaḥ|| karābhyāṃ saśaraṃ cāpaṃ vyathitasyāpatad bhuvi| tasyāhaṃ karuṇaṃ śrutvā ṛṣervilapato niśi|| sambhrāntaḥ śokavegena bhṛśamāsaṃ vicetanaḥ|
English Meaning
Hearing his piteous words, I ever anxious to follow virtue, was exceedingly pained, and the bow with its arrow fixed fell down from my hand to the earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)