उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ राजर्षे कार्दमेय महाबल॥ पुरुषत्वमृते सौम्य वरं वरय सुव्रत। ततः स राजा शोकार्तः प्रत्याख्यातो महात्मना॥ स्त्रीभूतोऽसौ न जग्राह वरमन्यं सुरोत्तमात्।
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha rājarṣe kārdameya mahābala|| puruṣatvamṛte saumya varaṃ varaya suvrata| tataḥ sa rājā śokārtaḥ pratyākhyāto mahātmanā|| strībhūto'sau na jagrāha varamanyaṃ surottamāt|
English Meaning
Rise up, O son of Kardama, O you of great strength, O gentle one, do you beg of me any other boon than that of obtaining your manhood. Being thus disappointed by the great deity, the king Ila, metamorphosed into a female, became greatly sorry and did not pray for any other boon.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)