कः स्थितः प्रतिहारो मे कस्याज्ञां सम्प्रतीक्षते। स्वगृहे को विचारोऽस्ति यथा राज्यमिदं तव॥ कृतकौतुकसर्वस्वा वेदिमूलमुपागताः। मम कन्या मुनिश्रेष्ठ दीप्ता वह्नरिवार्चिषः॥
kaḥ sthitaḥ pratihāro me kasyājñāṃ sampratīkṣate| svagṛhe ko vicāro'sti yathā rājyamidaṃ tava|| kṛtakautukasarvasvā vedimūlamupāgatāḥ| mama kanyā muniśreṣṭha dīptā vahnarivārciṣaḥ||
English Meaning
Who act as my warder there? And whose commands does he stay? And what need of exercising judgement in such a matter? As this kingdom is mine, so it is verily your. O foremost of anchorets, my daughters resembling flames of fire, having performed all the rites relative to the incoming nuptials, are at the foot of the dais; and, sitting beside the dais.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)