त्वं वेत्थ तावद् वनिताविहीनः प्राप्नोति दुःखं पुरुषः कुमारः। तत् त्वं प्रजानञ्जहि मां न वाली दुःखं ममादर्शनजं भजेत॥
tvaṃ vettha tāvad vanitāvihīnaḥ prāpnoti duḥkhaṃ puruṣaḥ kumāraḥ| tat tvaṃ prajānañjahi māṃ na vālī duḥkhaṃ mamādarśanajaṃ bhajeta||
English Meaning
You know well that a hand-some man is greatly afflicted with the separation of his spouse; and knowing this, do you slay me, and Vāli shall not be tormented with grief consequent upon my absence.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)