कदाचिदटमानोऽसावतिधर्ममुपागतः। अर्चितस्तु यथान्यायं विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा॥ सुखासीनः कथामेनां मया पृष्टः स कौतुकात्।
kadācidaṭamāno'sāvatidharmamupāgataḥ| arcitastu yathānyāyaṃ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā|| sukhāsīnaḥ kathāmenāṃ mayā pṛṣṭaḥ sa kautukāt|
English Meaning
Once on a time while travelling that highly pious ascetic arrived at my hermitage; I duly worshipped and welcomed him; and when I asked him out of curiosity, he, seated at pleasure, said.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)