पितृमत्यः स्म भद्रं ते स्वच्छन्दे न वयं स्थिताः। पितरं नो वृणीष्व त्वं यदि नो दास्यते तव॥
pitṛmatyaḥ sma bhadraṃ te svacchande na vayaṃ sthitāḥ| pitaraṃ no vṛṇīṣva tvaṃ yadi no dāsyate tava||
English Meaning
We have a father, good betide you; and we live at ease. Do you ask our father about it, if he consent conferring us on you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)