धर्मविद् धर्मशीलश्च महाभागो दृढव्रतः। आर्ये किमब्रवीद् राजा पिता मे सत्यविक्रमः॥ पश्चिमं साधुसंदेशमिच्छामि श्रोतुमात्मनः।
dharmavid dharmaśīlaśca mahābhāgo dṛḍhavrataḥ| ārye kimabravīd rājā pitā me satyavikramaḥ|| paścimaṃ sādhusaṃdeśamicchāmi śrotumātmanaḥ|
English Meaning
And, O noble lady, what did that virtuous one cognizant of virtue, that pre-eminently pious one, firm in his vow, and having truth for prowess, even my father, say? I wish to hear news concerning us relative to the last moments of the monarch.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)