अशोकवनिका चापि महतीयं महादुमा। इमामधिगमिष्यामि नहीयं विचिता मया।५३ ।।
aśokavanikā cāpi mahatīyaṃ mahādumā| imāmadhigamiṣyāmi nahīyaṃ vicitā mayā|53 ||
English Meaning
This is the Asoka wood, extensive and containing mighty trees. This I shall explore, as it has not yet been searched by me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)