पूर्वं प्रतिज्ञा विदिता वीर्यशुल्का ममात्मजा। राजानश्च कृतामर्षा निर्वीर्या विमुखीकृताः॥
pūrvaṃ pratijñā viditā vīryaśulkā mamātmajā| rājānaśca kṛtāmarṣā nirvīryā vimukhīkṛtāḥ||
English Meaning
You know the vow I had made formerlyviz., to confer my daughter upon him that would bend the bow,-and the kings, in consequence of their having been deprived of prowess, and being baffled, have come to entertain spite against me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)