In vain are my pious rites, and in vain is my devotedness to my husband since I do not behold you, am pale and feeble in your absence and have given up all hopes of seeing you.
मोघं हि धर्मश्चरितो ममायं तथैकपत्नीत्वमिदं निरर्थकम्। या त्वां न पश्यामि कृशा विवर्णा हीना त्वया सङ्गमने निराशा॥