पतिशोकातुरां शुष्कां नदी विस्रावितामिव। परया मृजया हीनां कृष्णपक्षे निशामिव ॥
patiśokāturāṃ śuṣkāṃ nadī visrāvitāmiva| parayā mṛjayā hīnāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe niśāmiva ||
English Meaning
And her grace greatly famished by the absence of her husband she appeared like a river whose liquid contents were dried up. And not cleaning her limbs she appeared like a dark night.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)