तस्मिन्गीते यथावृत्तं वर्तमानमिवाशृणोत्। पदानुगाश्च ये राज्ञस्तां श्रुत्वा गीतिसंपदम्॥ अवाङ्मुखाश्च दीनाश्च ह्याश्चर्यमिति चाब्रुवन्। परस्परं च ये तत्र सैनिकाः संबभाषिरे॥ किमिदं क्व च वर्तामः किमेतत्स्वप्नदर्शनम्। अर्थो यो नः पुरा दृष्टस्तमाश्रमपदे पुनः॥
tasmingīte yathāvṛttaṃ vartamānamivāśṛṇot| padānugāśca ye rājñastāṃ śrutvā gītisaṃpadam|| avāṅmukhāśca dīnāśca hyāścaryamiti cābruvan| parasparaṃ ca ye tatra sainikāḥ saṃbabhāṣire|| kimidaṃ kva ca vartāmaḥ kimetatsvapnadarśanam| artho yo naḥ purā dṛṣṭastamāśramapade punaḥ||
English Meaning
And hearing it, his followers, with their heads down and sorrowfully said: Wonder; and saying this they began to converse with one another: Alas! Where are we? Is this a dream? WE have been hearing at this hermitage what we had not seen before.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)