ततोऽहं परमोद्विग्नः स्वरूपं प्रत्यसंहरम्। अहं च शिंशपावृक्षे पक्षीव गहने स्थितः॥
tato'haṃ paramodvignaḥ svarūpaṃ pratyasaṃharam| ahaṃ ca śiṃśapāvṛkṣe pakṣīva gahane sthitaḥ||
English Meaning
Thereat exceedingly agitated, I changed my proper shape; and remained like a bird in a dark part of the Sinsapā tree.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)