भूषणैरुत्तमैीनां भर्तृवात्सल्यभूषिताम्। राक्षसाधिपसंरुद्धां बन्धुभिश्च विनाकृताम्॥ वियूथां सिंहसंरुद्धां बद्धां गजवधूमिव। चन्द्ररेखां पयोदान्ते शारदाभ्रेरिवावृताम् ॥
bhūṣaṇairuttamaiīnāṃ bhartṛvātsalyabhūṣitām| rākṣasādhipasaṃruddhāṃ bandhubhiśca vinākṛtām|| viyūthāṃ siṃhasaṃruddhāṃ baddhāṃ gajavadhūmiva| candrarekhāṃ payodānte śāradābhrerivāvṛtām ||
English Meaning
She had excellent ornaments-her attachment to her husband was the only ornament. She was imprisoned by the lord of Rākşasas and separated from all her friends, she appeared like a she elephant separated from her band and bound and attacked by a lion, and like the rays of the Moon enveloped with clouds at the expire of the rainy season,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)