वृद्धश्चैवाल्पपुत्रश्च वेदेहीमनुचिन्तयन्। सोऽपि शोकसमाविष्टो नूनं त्यक्ष्यति जीवितम्॥ साहमचैव दिष्टान्तं गमिष्यामि पतिव्रता। इदं शरीरमालिङ्गय प्रवेक्ष्यामि हुताशनम्॥
vṛddhaścaivālpaputraśca vedehīmanucintayan| so'pi śokasamāviṣṭo nūnaṃ tyakṣyati jīvitam|| sāhamacaiva diṣṭāntaṃ gamiṣyāmi pativratā| idaṃ śarīramāliṅgaya pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam||
English Meaning
Old and having an only daughter, he revolving in his mind thoughts of Vaidehi, shall, smitten with grief, surely renounce his life. I ever faithful to my lord will die this very day, embracing this body; I will enter fire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)