ते नष्टसंज्ञास्तृषिताः सम्भ्रान्ताः सलिलार्थिनः॥ परिपेतुर्बिले तस्मिन् कंचित् कालमतन्द्रिताः। ते कृशा दीनवदनाः परिश्रान्ताः प्लवङ्गमाः॥ आलोकं ददृशुर्वीरा निराशा जीविते यदा।
te naṣṭasaṃjñāstṛṣitāḥ sambhrāntāḥ salilārthinaḥ|| paripeturbile tasmin kaṃcit kālamatandritāḥ| te kṛśā dīnavadanāḥ pariśrāntāḥ plavaṅgamāḥ|| ālokaṃ dadṛśurvīrā nirāśā jīvite yadā|
English Meaning
And deprived of their sense, and tried with thirst, and bewildered, and thirsting for water, they for a time vigilantly descended in darkness down the cave. And emaciated, with woebegone faces, and spent, those monkeys despairing of their lives, (at last) saw light.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)