O Mărîca, hearken to me, my child, as I relate (everything to you). I am distressed and in this distress of mine, you are certainly my great refuge.
मारीच श्रूयतां तात वचनं मम भाषतः। आर्तोऽस्मि मम चार्तस्य भवान् हि परमा गतिः॥