स्थितोऽयमिति मत्वाहं प्रविष्टस्तु दुरासदम्। तं मे मार्गयतस्तत्र गतः संवत्सरस्तदा॥
sthito'yamiti matvāhaṃ praviṣṭastu durāsadam| taṃ me mārgayatastatra gataḥ saṃvatsarastadā||
English Meaning
This one is stationed here-thinking thus, I entered that inaccessible cave. And as I searched (for the Asura), one entire year passed away.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)