स कल्पवृक्षप्रतिमो वसन्त इव मूर्तिमान्। शमशानचैत्यप्रतिमो भूषितोऽपि भयंकरः॥
sa kalpavṛkṣapratimo vasanta iva mūrtimān| śamaśānacaityapratimo bhūṣito'pi bhayaṃkaraḥ||
English Meaning
He was like to Kalpa tree (A fabulous tree granting everything desired.) and spring incarnate. And albeit adorned, he looked terrible like to a Caitya (A monument or sculpture raised in honour of a deceased person on the site of a funeral pyre.) on the cremation-ground.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)