ते सत्त्वाः सत्त्वकर्तारं विनीतवदुपस्थिताः। किं कुर्म इति भाषन्तः क्षुत्पिपासाभयार्दिताः॥
te sattvāḥ sattvakartāraṃ vinītavadupasthitāḥ| kiṃ kurma iti bhāṣantaḥ kṣutpipāsābhayārditāḥ||
English Meaning
Thereupon those creatures humbly presented themselves before the creator, saying, What shall we do? We are sore tried by hunger and thirst.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)