भूषयन्ताविमं देशं चन्द्रसूर्याविवाम्बरम्। परस्परेण सदृशौ प्रमाणेङ्गितचेष्टितैः॥ किमर्थं च नरश्रेष्ठौ सम्प्राप्तौ दुर्गमे पथि। वरायुधधरौ वीरौ श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः॥
bhūṣayantāvimaṃ deśaṃ candrasūryāvivāmbaram| paraspareṇa sadṛśau pramāṇeṅgitaceṣṭitaiḥ|| kimarthaṃ ca naraśreṣṭhau samprāptau durgame pathi| varāyudhadharau vīrau śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ||
English Meaning
And adorning all directions, like to the Sun or Moon adorning the firmament, and resembling each other. in personal proportions, and expressions, and gestures, and equipped with excellent weapons, and war-like, how have these paragons of men, into this impracticable way? I Wish to hear all this related truly.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)