भगवंस्तद्वनं घोरं तपस्तप्यति यत्र सः। श्वेतो वैदर्भको राजा कथं तदमृगद्विजम्॥
bhagavaṃstadvanaṃ ghoraṃ tapastapyati yatra saḥ| śveto vaidarbhako rājā kathaṃ tadamṛgadvijam||
English Meaning
O Brahmana, why was that dense forest, in which the king Sveta of Vidarbha used to perform hard penances, divested of birds and animals?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)