पितॄणां मानसी कन्या मां जानीहि विधेर्वधूम् ।। अरुन्धत्याः स्वरं श्रुत्वा शीघ्रमुत्थाय मेनका ।। उवाच शिरसा नत्वा तां पद्मामिव तेजसा
pitṝṇāṃ mānasī kanyā māṃ jānīhi vidhervadhūm || arundhatyāḥ svaraṃ śrutvā śīghramutthāya menakā || uvāca śirasā natvā tāṃ padmāmiva tejasā
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.