यावद्वीतशोको राजकुलं प्रविष्टः। दृष्ट्वा च रजा अशोकः संहासनादुत्थाय मूलनिकृत्त इव द्रुमः सर्वशरीरेणायुष्मन्तं वीतशोकं निरीक्षमानः प्ररुदन्नुवाच--
yāvadvītaśoko rājakulaṃ praviṣṭaḥ/ dṛṣṭvā ca rajā aśokaḥ saṃhāsanādutthāya mūlanikṛtta iva drumaḥ sarvaśarīreṇāyuṣmantaṃ vītaśokaṃ nirīkṣamānaḥ prarudannuvāca--
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.