कोऽर्थो मनीषितस्तुभ्यं स्वर्गलाभो परोऽथवा। वराश्रयो यदर्थं त्वं तपस्यन्यैः सुदुश्चरम्॥ यमाश्रित्य तपस्तप्तं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तापस। ब्राह्मणो वासि भद्रं ते क्षत्रियो वासि दुर्जयः। वैश्यस्तृतीयो वर्णो ता शूद्रो वा सत्यवाग्भव ॥
ko'rtho manīṣitastubhyaṃ svargalābho paro'thavā| varāśrayo yadarthaṃ tvaṃ tapasyanyaiḥ suduścaram|| yamāśritya tapastaptaṃ śrotumicchāmi tāpasa| brāhmaṇo vāsi bhadraṃ te kṣatriyo vāsi durjayaḥ| vaiśyastṛtīyo varṇo tā śūdro vā satyavāgbhava ||
English Meaning
For what are you going through such hard austerities? Is it heaven or anything else that you pray for? O ascetic, I wish to hear, of the purpose for which you are performing such hard penances. a Brāhmaṇa, or irrepressible Kșatriya or the third caste Vaisyas or a Śūdra? Do you speak the truth and you shall be crowned with auspiciousness Art you an
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)