कथं स राजा स्त्रीभूतो वर्तयामास दुर्गतिः। पुरुषः स यदा भूतः कां वृत्तिं वर्तयत्यसौ॥
kathaṃ sa rājā strībhūto vartayāmāsa durgatiḥ| puruṣaḥ sa yadā bhūtaḥ kāṃ vṛttiṃ vartayatyasau||
English Meaning
How could the king Ila subject himself to those afflictions in the shape of a female? And how did he use to behave himself in his male form?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)