अथाध्वनि गतौ विप्रौ विज्ञाय स नृपस्तदा। आहूय मन्त्रिणः सर्वान्नैगमान्सपुरोधसः॥ तानुवाच नृगो राजा सर्वाश्च प्रकृतीस्तथा। दुःखेन सुसमाविष्टः श्रूयतां मे समाहिताः॥
athādhvani gatau viprau vijñāya sa nṛpastadā| āhūya mantriṇaḥ sarvānnaigamānsapurodhasaḥ|| tānuvāca nṛgo rājā sarvāśca prakṛtīstathā| duḥkhena susamāviṣṭaḥ śrūyatāṃ me samāhitāḥ||
English Meaning
Hearing of the departure of the Brāhmaṇas he sent for his priest, minister, the citizens and subjects and filled with sorrow said: "Do you all hear attentively my words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)