राजसंश्रयवश्यानां कुर्वतीनां पराज्ञया॥ विधेयानां च दासीनां कः कुप्येद्वानरोत्तम। भाग्यवैषम्यदोषेण पुरस्ताद्दुष्कृतेन च ॥ मयैतत्प्राप्यते सर्व स्वकृतं ह्युपभुज्यते मैवं वद महाबाहो दैवी ह्येषा परा गतिः॥
rājasaṃśrayavaśyānāṃ kurvatīnāṃ parājñayā|| vidheyānāṃ ca dāsīnāṃ kaḥ kupyedvānarottama| bhāgyavaiṣamyadoṣeṇa purastādduṣkṛtena ca || mayaitatprāpyate sarva svakṛtaṃ hyupabhujyate maivaṃ vada mahābāho daivī hyeṣā parā gatiḥ||
English Meaning
O foremost of monkeys, why are you angry with these she-slaves, who subject as they are to the command of their lord, have done this in accordance with another's order. I or my adverse fortune and vicious deeds perpetrated in another birth I have been subject to such a plight and been suffering the consequence thereof. Do yon not speak thus, O you of huge arms. Such is the course of Fortune. Forsooth by my ill-luck I have met with (this misfortune).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)