अयमात्मभवः शोको मामनाथमचेतनम्। संसाधयति वेगेन यथा कूलं नदीरयः॥
ayamātmabhavaḥ śoko māmanāthamacetanam| saṃsādhayati vegena yathā kūlaṃ nadīrayaḥ||
English Meaning
As the violence of a river wears away its banks, my grief occasioned through my own agency is destroying me, who am helpless and insensible.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)