Ati Ciram Ajani Rajanir

ati-ciram ajani rajanir ati-kālī sańgam avindata na hi vana-mālī

The night has grown very long and very dark, yet the wearer of the forest garland has not come to meet her.

kim u candrāvalir anaya-gabhīrā nyaruṇad amuḿ rati-vīram adhīrā

Has deep, cunning Chandravali restrained that hero of love, herself grown impatient?

kim iha jane dhṛta-pańka-vipāke vismṛtir asya babhūva varāke

Or has he simply forgotten this poor girl, sunk as she is in the mire of her own fate?

kim uta sanātana-tanur alaghiṣṭham raṇam ārabhata surāribhir iṣṭam

Or has the eternal one perhaps begun some great battle desired by the enemies of the gods?