समाक्षरैश्चतुर्भिर्यः पादैर्गीतो महर्षिणा। सोऽनुव्याहरणाद् भूयः शोकः श्लोकत्वमागतः॥
samākṣaraiścaturbhiryaḥ pādairgīto maharṣiṇā| so'nuvyāharaṇād bhūyaḥ śokaḥ ślokatvamāgataḥ||
English Meaning
Those verses, composed of equal accents, and furnished with four parts, have been sung by the great saint, have, in virtue of frequent repetition, been associated with a world of pathos and have attained the eminence of a sloka.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)