उपायो दृश्यतां कश्चिल्लङ्घने लवणाम्भसः। अभिगम्य तु वैदेही समृद्धार्था गमिष्यथ ॥ समुद्रं नेतुमिच्छामि भवद्भिर्वरुणालयम्। प्रदास्याम्युदकं भ्रातुः स्वर्गतस्य महात्मनः॥
upāyo dṛśyatāṃ kaścillaṅghane lavaṇāmbhasaḥ| abhigamya tu vaidehī samṛddhārthā gamiṣyatha || samudraṃ netumicchāmi bhavadbhirvaruṇālayam| pradāsyāmyudakaṃ bhrātuḥ svargatasya mahātmanaḥ||
English Meaning
Do you look about for means to cross over the salt waters. Having met with Vaidehi, do you, having achieved success, come back. I wish to be taken by you to the ocean-abode of Varuna. I will offer water to (the manes of) my highsouled brother, who has gone to heaven.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)