पादबद्धोऽक्षरसमस्तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितः। शोकार्तस्य प्रवृत्तो मे श्लोको भवतु नान्यथा॥
pādabaddho'kṣarasamastantrīlayasamanvitaḥ| śokārtasya pravṛtto me śloko bhavatu nānyathā||
English Meaning
This speech that I have uttered is of equal bound with metre and accents; it has rhythm and is capable of being chanted according to measure to stringed accompaniment. Let it therefore go forth as a sloka!
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)