तापसो वा भविष्यामि नियतो वृक्षमूलिकः। नेतः प्रतिगमिष्यामि तामदृष्ट्वासितेक्षणाम्।।४३
tāpaso vā bhaviṣyāmi niyato vṛkṣamūlikaḥ| netaḥ pratigamiṣyāmi tāmadṛṣṭvāsitekṣaṇām||43
English Meaning
Or restraining myself, I shall become an ascetic living underneath trees; but return I will not, without obtaining a sight of that dark-eyed damsel.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)