तत्राहं दुर्बलावन्धौ वृद्धावपरिणायकौ। अपश्यं तस्य पितरौ लूनपक्षाविव द्विजौ॥ तन्निमित्ताभिरासीनौ कथाभिरपरिश्रमौ। तामाशां मत्कृते हीनावुपासीनावनाथवत्॥
tatrāhaṃ durbalāvandhau vṛddhāvapariṇāyakau| apaśyaṃ tasya pitarau lūnapakṣāviva dvijau|| tannimittābhirāsīnau kathābhirapariśramau| tāmāśāṃ matkṛte hīnāvupāsīnāvanāthavat||
English Meaning
There I found his aged, infirm, forlorn, parents, without any one to help them in moving about, like to birds whose wings have been severed, keeping up a talk about (their son) without experiencing any fatigue, and like helpless ones feeding on a hope which had been blasted by me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)