अभिवाद्य मुनिश्रेष्ठं ज्वलन्तमिव पावकम्। ऊचतुः परमोदारं वाक्यं मधुरभाषिणौ॥
abhivādya muniśreṣṭhaṃ jvalantamiva pāvakam| ūcatuḥ paramodāraṃ vākyaṃ madhurabhāṣiṇau||
English Meaning
And having saluted that foremost of ascetics resembling flaming fire, your addressed him in gentle and honied accents.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)