अद्यैवममरावत्या तुल्या माहिष्मती कृता। अद्याहं तु द्विजेन्द्र त्वां यस्मात्पश्यामि दुदृशम्।।१०
adyaivamamarāvatyā tulyā māhiṣmatī kṛtā| adyāhaṃ tu dvijendra tvāṃ yasmātpaśyāmi dudṛśam||10
English Meaning
Reverend Sir, your visit, it is hard to obtain. On beholding you my city Mahişmati has been turned into Amaravati.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)