पिता ज्येष्ठमविक्रेयं माता चाह कनीयसम्। विक्रेयं मध्यमं मन्ये राजपुत्र नयस्व माम्॥
pitā jyeṣṭhamavikreyaṃ mātā cāha kanīyasam| vikreyaṃ madhyamaṃ manye rājaputra nayasva mām||
English Meaning
My father would not sell the eldest; nor my mother the youngest,—therefore, I consider even the second as disposable. Do you then, O prince, take me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)