स काङ्खमाणो लवणं युद्धाय पुरुषर्षभः। दूतं संप्रेषयामास सकाशं लवणस्य सः॥ स गत्वा विप्रियाण्याह बहूनि मधुनः सुतम्। वदन्तमेवं तं दूतं भक्षयामास राक्षसः॥
sa kāṅkhamāṇo lavaṇaṃ yuddhāya puruṣarṣabhaḥ| dūtaṃ saṃpreṣayāmāsa sakāśaṃ lavaṇasya saḥ|| sa gatvā vipriyāṇyāha bahūni madhunaḥ sutam| vadantamevaṃ taṃ dūtaṃ bhakṣayāmāsa rākṣasaḥ||
English Meaning
The ambassador, having gone there, addressed many unpleasant words to Lavaņa and the nightranger devoured him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)