The hope that old women hold of giving birth to sons, O king, and which is cherished by rich men, is slenderer than even my body.
प्रसवे चैव नारीणां वृद्धानां पुत्रकारिता। तथा नरेन्द्र धनिनां साऽऽशा कृशतरी मया।॥