प्रत्युद्गम्य कृताञ्जलिरुवाच--न वयं कुमारस्य विरुद्धाः, न राज्ञो ऽशोकस्य, अपि तु दुष्टात्मानो ऽमात्या आगत्यास्माकमपमानं कुर्वन्ति।
pratyudgamya kṛtāñjaliruvāca--na vayaṃ kumārasya viruddhāḥ, na rājño 'śokasya, api tu duṣṭātmāno 'mātyā āgatyāsmākamapamānaṃ kurvanti/
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.