इतस्तु किं दुःखतरं यदिमं वारिसम्भवम् । मणिं पश्यामि सौमित्रे वैदेहीमागतां विना॥
itastu kiṃ duḥkhataraṃ yadimaṃ vārisambhavam | maṇiṃ paśyāmi saumitre vaidehīmāgatāṃ vinā||
English Meaning
What greater grief can there be, O Saumitri, that I behold the jewel obtained from the ocean but not Vaidehi.?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)