एतत् सुरुचिरं भाति पितुर्मे शयनं पुरा। शशिनेवामलं रात्रौ गगनं तोयदात्यये॥ तदिदं न विभात्यद्य विहीनं तेन धीमता। व्योमेव शशिना हीनमप्शुष्क इव सागरः॥
etat suruciraṃ bhāti piturme śayanaṃ purā| śaśinevāmalaṃ rātrau gaganaṃ toyadātyaye|| tadidaṃ na vibhātyadya vihīnaṃ tena dhīmatā| vyomeva śaśinā hīnamapśuṣka iva sāgaraḥ||
English Meaning
This bed of my father used to look like the speckless welkin at night crowned with the moon, after the clouds have gone off. But to-day, deprived of that intellignet one, it ceases to shine, like the firmament without the moon or the sea devoid of its waters.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)