साब्रवीद्यादि मे राजन्प्रसन्नस्त्वं महाभुज ॥ भर्तारं न ममेहाद्य हन्तुर्महसि मानद। नहीदृशं भयं किंचित्कुलस्त्रीणामिहोच्यते॥ भयानामपि सर्वेषां वैधव्यं व्यसनं महत्।
sābravīdyādi me rājanprasannastvaṃ mahābhuja || bhartāraṃ na mamehādya hanturmahasi mānada| nahīdṛśaṃ bhayaṃ kiṃcitkulastrīṇāmihocyate|| bhayānāmapi sarveṣāṃ vaidhavyaṃ vyasanaṃ mahat|
English Meaning
Where to she replied “O King, O you having long arms, if you are pleased with me, do not slay my husband today, Oconfrere of honours. It is said there is no other fear like this for damsels of high pedigree. The greatest of fears is that of being a widow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)