मां हि शोकसमाक्रान्तं संतापयति मन्मथः। हृष्टं प्रवदमानश्च समाह्वयति कोकिलः॥
māṃ hi śokasamākrāntaṃ saṃtāpayati manmathaḥ| hṛṣṭaṃ pravadamānaśca samāhvayati kokilaḥ||
English Meaning
Cupid has been smiting me the more who am stricken with grief, and the cuckoos have been defying me, displaying their mirth, O Laksmana.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)