कर्दमस्त्वब्रवीद्वाक्यं सुतार्थं परमं हितम्। द्विजाः शृणुत मद्वाक्यं यच्छ्रेयः पार्थिवस्य हि॥
kardamastvabravīdvākyaṃ sutārthaṃ paramaṃ hitam| dvijāḥ śṛṇuta madvākyaṃ yacchreyaḥ pārthivasya hi||
English Meaning
For the welfare of his son, the patriarch Kardama said: Hear, O twice-born ones, how the well-being of the king Ila may be secured.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)