एष ते सर्पसंकाशो बाणः पास्यति शोणितम्। मृगराज इव क्रुद्धो नागराजस्य शोणितम्। इत्येवमुक्त्वा संक्रुद्धः शरं धनुषि संदधे॥
eṣa te sarpasaṃkāśo bāṇaḥ pāsyati śoṇitam| mṛgarāja iva kruddho nāgarājasya śoṇitam| ityevamuktvā saṃkruddhaḥ śaraṃ dhanuṣi saṃdadhe||
English Meaning
Even as a lion enraged shedded the blood of a mighty elephant, this arrow of mine resembling a serpent shall shed your blood. Having delivered himself thus, he fired with wrath set his shaft on his bow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)