अर्धरात्रे तमोभूते स चौरो नृपमागतम् ।। ज्ञात्वाब्रवीच्च राजानं को भवानत्र चाप्तवान्
ardharātre tamobhūte sa cauro nṛpamāgatam || jñātvābravīcca rājānaṃ ko bhavānatra cāptavān
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.