क्षमया हि समायुक्तं मामयं मकरालयः॥ असमर्थ विजानाति धिक्क्षमामीदृशे जने। न दर्शयति साम्ना मे सागरो रूपमात्मनः॥ चापमानय सौमित्रे शरांश्चाशीविषोपमान्। समुद्रं शोषयिष्यामि पद्भयां यान्तु प्लवंगमाः॥
kṣamayā hi samāyuktaṃ māmayaṃ makarālayaḥ|| asamartha vijānāti dhikkṣamāmīdṛśe jane| na darśayati sāmnā me sāgaro rūpamātmanaḥ|| cāpamānaya saumitre śarāṃścāśīviṣopamān| samudraṃ śoṣayiṣyāmi padbhayāṃ yāntu plavaṃgamāḥ||
English Meaning
This abode of Makaras take me, who is forbearing, to be incompetent. Fie forbearance towards such as he! In consequence of my moderation, Ocean show not his own form. O Saumitri, bring you my bow, my arrows resembling venomous snakes. I will dry up the Ocean, and the monkeys shall go over on foot.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)