कीदृशं तु महापापं मया देहान्तरे कृतम्। येनेदं प्राप्यते घोरं महादुःखं सुदारुणम्॥
kīdṛśaṃ tu mahāpāpaṃ mayā dehāntare kṛtam| yenedaṃ prāpyate ghoraṃ mahāduḥkhaṃ sudāruṇam||
English Meaning
What mighty iniquity had I perpetrated in my previous existence that I have met with this terrible disaster!
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)