पुनरप्यागतस्तत्र त्वत्सकाशमरिंदप्त। त्वं तं निपतितं भूमौ शरण्यः शरणागतम्॥ वधार्हमपि काकुत्स्थ कृपया परिपालयः।
punarapyāgatastatra tvatsakāśamariṃdapta| tvaṃ taṃ nipatitaṃ bhūmau śaraṇyaḥ śaraṇāgatam|| vadhārhamapi kākutstha kṛpayā paripālayaḥ|
English Meaning
Thereupon it again came to you, O subduer of foes. And seeking your shelter it laid itself low on the ground. And O Kākutstha, you didst save it albeit it was worthy of being slain.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)