पूर्वकेण हि ते राजंस्तेनातियशसा तदा। धर्मिणां प्रवरेणाथ नैष प्राप्तो मनोरथः॥
pūrvakeṇa hi te rājaṃstenātiyaśasā tadā| dharmiṇāṃ pravareṇātha naiṣa prāpto manorathaḥ||
English Meaning
O king, that foremost of righteous ones, your ancestor of exceeding renown, had failed to attain his desire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)