कृतं नः कदनं घोरं कुम्भकर्णेन रक्षसा। न स्थानकालो गच्छामो दयितं जीवितं हि नः॥
kṛtaṃ naḥ kadanaṃ ghoraṃ kumbhakarṇena rakṣasā| na sthānakālo gacchāmo dayitaṃ jīvitaṃ hi naḥ||
English Meaning
Great is the havoc that the Rākşasa-Kumbhakarma-has spread among us. “This not the time to stay: life is dear to us."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)