शूराय न प्रदातव्या कन्या खलु विपश्चिता ॥ शूरभार्यां हतां पश्य सद्यो मां विधवां कृताम्।
śūrāya na pradātavyā kanyā khalu vipaścitā || śūrabhāryāṃ hatāṃ paśya sadyo māṃ vidhavāṃ kṛtām|
English Meaning
Let not the wise, henceforth, confer their daughters upon the heroes. Alas! behold me, the wife of a hero, made a widow in no time.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)