किं ते न विदिता देवि लोकानां स्थितिरध्रुवा॥ दशाविभागपर्याये राज्ञां वै चञ्चलाः श्रियः।
kiṃ te na viditā devi lokānāṃ sthitiradhruvā|| daśāvibhāgaparyāye rājñāṃ vai cañcalāḥ śriyaḥ|
English Meaning
You not know, O worshipful dame, that the life of beings is very uncertain, and with adverse circumstance even the royal fortune become fickle?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)