कन्दो मूर्तिमानासीत् काम इत्युच्यते बुधैः। तपस्यन्तमिह स्थाणुं नियमेन समाहितम्॥ कृतोद्वाहं तु देवेशं गच्छन्तं समरुद्गणम्। धर्षयामास दुर्मेधा हुंकृतश्च महात्मना ॥
kando mūrtimānāsīt kāma ityucyate budhaiḥ| tapasyantamiha sthāṇuṃ niyamena samāhitam|| kṛtodvāhaṃ tu deveśaṃ gacchantaṃ samarudgaṇam| dharṣayāmāsa durmedhā huṃkṛtaśca mahātmanā ||
English Meaning
Kandarpa, called Käma by the wise, was once incarnate (on earth.) And it came to pass that as that lord of the deities, Sthāņu, having performed here his austerities in accordance with the prescribed restrictions, was wending his way in company with the Maruts, that fool-hardy wight dared disturb the equanimity of his mind.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)