दंडकर उवाच। क्षुधार्तोऽहं द्विजश्रेष्ठाः प्राणा यास्यंति मे ध्रुवम् । ददध्वं खादितुं किंचिद्युष्माकं शरणं गतः
daṃḍakara uvāca| kṣudhārto'haṃ dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ prāṇā yāsyaṃti me dhruvam | dadadhvaṃ khādituṃ kiṃcidyuṣmākaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
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.