प्रष्टव्यो मेरुसावर्णिमहर्षिः सूर्यसंनिभः। प्रणम्य शिरसा भूमौ प्रवृत्तिं मैथिली प्रति॥
praṣṭavyo merusāvarṇimaharṣiḥ sūryasaṃnibhaḥ| praṇamya śirasā bhūmau pravṛttiṃ maithilī prati||
English Meaning
Bowing down your heads to the earth, you should ask the Maharși Merusăvarņi, resembling the sun, touching Mithila's daughter.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)