किमर्थं तप्यसे राजन् ब्रूहि यत् ते विवक्षितम्। वरदोऽस्मि वरो यस्ते काङ्क्षितः सोऽभिधीयताम्।।१४।
kimarthaṃ tapyase rājan brūhi yat te vivakṣitam| varado'smi varo yaste kāṅkṣitaḥ so'bhidhīyatām||14|
English Meaning
What for, O king, art you performing penance?. Do you unfold what you have to say. I am for conferring a boon: do you express what boon you would obtain.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)