महात्मानौ महाभागौ सर्वलक्षणलक्षितौ। तौ कदाचित् समेतानामृषीणां भावितात्मनाम्॥ मध्येसभं समीपस्थाविदं काव्यमगायताम्। तच्छुत्वा मुनयः सर्वे वाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणाः॥ साधु साध्विति तावूचुः परं विस्मयमागताः। ते प्रीतिमनसः सर्वे मुनयो धर्मवत्सला:॥
mahātmānau mahābhāgau sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitau| tau kadācit sametānāmṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām|| madhyesabhaṃ samīpasthāvidaṃ kāvyamagāyatām| tacchutvā munayaḥ sarve vāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ|| sādhu sādhviti tāvūcuḥ paraṃ vismayamāgatāḥ| te prītimanasaḥ sarve munayo dharmavatsalā:||
English Meaning
Once upon a time, those high-souled and pious ones, furnished with every auspicious mark, chanted this poem in an assembly of ascetics of purified souls. Having heard this music, all the ascetics were seized with surprise, and with eyes flooded with tears, exclaimed, Well done! Well done! And well pleased, those saints cherishing Duty.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)