परिक्रान्ता मही सर्वा सत्त्ववन्तश्च सूदिताः। देवदानवरक्षांसि पिशाचोरगपन्नगाः॥ न च पश्यामहेऽश्वं ते अश्वहर्तारमेव च। किं करिष्याम भद्रं ते बुद्धिरत्र विचार्यताम्॥
parikrāntā mahī sarvā sattvavantaśca sūditāḥ| devadānavarakṣāṃsi piśācoragapannagāḥ|| na ca paśyāmahe'śvaṃ te aśvahartārameva ca| kiṃ kariṣyāma bhadraṃ te buddhiratra vicāryatām||
English Meaning
By us has the Earth been extensively surveyed, and have powerful deities and Dānavas. Rākşasas, Piśācas, Uragas and Pannagas been slain; and yet do we find neither the horse nor the stealer thereof. What are we to do now? Good betide you, do you consider it well.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)