देवी कथंचित् काकुत्स्थ त्वन्मना मार्गिता मया। इक्ष्वाकुवंशविख्यातिं शनैः कीर्तयतानघ ॥ सा मया नरशार्दूल शनैर्विश्वासिता तदा। ततः सम्भाषिता देवी सर्वमर्थं च दर्शिता॥
devī kathaṃcit kākutstha tvanmanā mārgitā mayā| ikṣvākuvaṃśavikhyātiṃ śanaiḥ kīrtayatānagha || sā mayā naraśārdūla śanairviśvāsitā tadā| tataḥ sambhāṣitā devī sarvamarthaṃ ca darśitā||
English Meaning
O Kākutstha, O innocent prince, after enquiring for sometime, I found that worshipful dame devoted to you, and narrating the glories of the Ikşvāku race, O foremost of men, I created her confidence by and by, and addressing her I related everything.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)