अस्या हि पुष्पावनतानशाखाः शोकं दृढं वै जनयन्त्यशोकाः। रभ्युत्थितो नैकसहस्ररश्मिः॥
asyā hi puṣpāvanatānaśākhāḥ śokaṃ dṛḍhaṃ vai janayantyaśokāḥ| rabhyutthito naikasahasraraśmiḥ||
English Meaning
The branches of the Asoka trees, lowered down with flowers are as if enhancing her grief as also the Moon of many thousand rays, at the expire of the winter."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)