अयं राजा महाबाहुः कर्दमस्य इलः सुतः। जानीतैनं यथाभूतं श्रेयो ह्यत्र विधीयताम्॥
ayaṃ rājā mahābāhuḥ kardamasya ilaḥ sutaḥ| jānītainaṃ yathābhūtaṃ śreyo hyatra vidhīyatām||
English Meaning
You all know well, how this mighty-armed Ila, Kardama's son, attained to this peculiar condition.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)