स प्रभावेण शूलस्य दौरात्म्येनात्मनस्तथा। संतापयति लोकांस्त्रीन्विशेषेण च तापसान्॥ एवंप्रभावो लवणः शूलं चैव तथाविधम्। श्रुत्वा प्रमाणं काकुत्स्थ त्वं हि नः परमा गतिः॥
sa prabhāveṇa śūlasya daurātmyenātmanastathā| saṃtāpayati lokāṃstrīnviśeṣeṇa ca tāpasān|| evaṃprabhāvo lavaṇaḥ śūlaṃ caiva tathāvidham| śrutvā pramāṇaṃ kākutstha tvaṃ hi naḥ paramā gatiḥ||
English Meaning
And by virtue of the power of the dart, he oppress the three worlds in especial the ascetics; such is the power of Lavaņa, and such is his dart. Hearing all this O Kākutstha, you are capable (of righting our wrong.) You are our chief resource.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)