ताः स्त्रियः स्वप्नशीलज्ञाश्चेष्टां संचलनादिषु। ता वेपथुपरीताश्च राज्ञः प्राणेषु शङ्किताः॥ प्रतिस्रोतस्तृणाग्राणां सदृशं संचकाशिरे। अथ संदेहमानानां स्त्रीणां दृष्ट्वा च पार्थिवम्। यत् तदाशङ्कितं पापं तदा जज्ञे विनिश्चयः॥
tāḥ striyaḥ svapnaśīlajñāśceṣṭāṃ saṃcalanādiṣu| tā vepathuparītāśca rājñaḥ prāṇeṣu śaṅkitāḥ|| pratisrotastṛṇāgrāṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ saṃcakāśire| atha saṃdehamānānāṃ strīṇāṃ dṛṣṭvā ca pārthivam| yat tadāśaṅkitaṃ pāpaṃ tadā jajñe viniścayaḥ||
English Meaning
Thereupon apprehensive for the king's life, they began to tremble like a blade of grass on a torrent. Filled with doubts at sight of the king, the ladies at last concluded that what had been apprehended (by the monarch) had certainly taken place.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)