स मे प्रसादं काकुत्स्थ कुरुष्वामितविक्रम। मातृहीनो यथा वत्सो न चिरं प्रवसाम्यहम्॥
sa me prasādaṃ kākutstha kuruṣvāmitavikrama| mātṛhīno yathā vatso na ciraṃ pravasāmyaham||
English Meaning
Do you therefore, O Kākutstha of unmitigated prowess, have compassion on me. Without you, I cannot live for ever in a foreign province like a motherless child.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)