गच्छ प्रहस्त शीघ्रं त्वं जानीष्व भवनोत्तमम्। एवमुक्तः प्रहस्तस्तु प्रविवेश गृहोत्तमम्॥ निःशून्यं प्रेक्षत वरं पुनः कक्ष्यान्तरे ययौ। सप्तकक्ष्यान्तरं गत्वा ततो ज्वालामपश्यत॥
gaccha prahasta śīghraṃ tvaṃ jānīṣva bhavanottamam| evamuktaḥ prahastastu praviveśa gṛhottamam|| niḥśūnyaṃ prekṣata varaṃ punaḥ kakṣyāntare yayau| saptakakṣyāntaraṃ gatvā tato jvālāmapaśyata||
English Meaning
Go, O Prahasta, and learn quickly whose house is this.” Thus ordered, Prahasta entered that excellent house and finding none in one apartment he at last in seventh apartment saw a flame of fire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)