अथ कान्तिः--- अत्युज्ज्वलत्वं बन्धस्य काव्ये कान्तिरितीष्यते । यथा--- जेतुः काकतिवीररुद्रनृपतेर्जैत्रप्रयाणोत्थिते क्षोणीरेणुभरे नभस्यतिभृशं भूविभ्रमं बिभ्रति । जाता मर्त्यनदी विशङ्कटतटीदीर्घा वियद्दीर्धिका गाढं गूढतमा च गौतमनदी पातालगङ्गायते
atha kāntiḥ--- atyujjvalatvaṃ bandhasya kāvye kāntiritīṣyate / yathā--- jetuḥ kākativīrarudranṛpaterjaitraprayāṇotthite kṣoṇīreṇubhare nabhasyatibhṛśaṃ bhūvibhramaṃ bibhrati / jātā martyanadī viśaṅkaṭataṭīdīrghā viyaddīrdhikā gāḍhaṃ gūḍhatamā ca gautamanadī pātālagaṅgāyate
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.