ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा यक्षराक्षसपन्नगाः। ते चापि गत्वा पितरं वरणं रोचयन्ति मे॥ न च मां स पिता तेभ्यो दत्तवान् राक्षसेश्वर। कारणं तद्वदिष्यामि निशामय महाभुज ॥
tato devāḥ sagandharvā yakṣarākṣasapannagāḥ| te cāpi gatvā pitaraṃ varaṇaṃ rocayanti me|| na ca māṃ sa pitā tebhyo dattavān rākṣaseśvara| kāraṇaṃ tadvadiṣyāmi niśāmaya mahābhuja ||
English Meaning
When the gods and the Gandharvas and the Yaksas, Raksasas, and Pannagas, coming to my sire asked for me, O foremost of Rākşasas, my father did not bestow me on any one of them. And I shall you the reason thereof; listen, O long-armed one.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)