प्रणम्य दैवतेभ्यश्च ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च मैथिली। बद्धांजलिपुटा चेदमुवाचाग्निसमीपतः॥
praṇamya daivatebhyaśca brāhmaṇebhyaśca maithilī| baddhāṃjalipuṭā cedamuvācāgnisamīpataḥ||
English Meaning
Bowing to the celestials and Brāhmaṇas, Maithilī, with folded hands, spoke before the fire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)