Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

ririkvaaMsas tanva\H kRNvata svaaH sakhaa sakhyur nimiSi rakSamaaNaaH

He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

sadyo yaH syandro viSito dhaviiyaan RNo na taayur ati dhanvaa raaT

vi tvaa naraH purutraa saparyan pitur na jivrer vi vedo bharanta

And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

indro divaH pratimaanam pRthivyaa vishvaa veda savanaa hanti shuSNam

niSSidhvariis ta oSadhiir utaapo rayiM ta indra pRthivii bibharti

nuunam bhago havyo maanuSebhir vi yo ratnaa puruuvasur dadhaati

SaSTiM sahasraa navatiM nava shruto ni cakreNa rathyaa duSpadaavRNak

So Hushai David’s friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

vidad dhy a\ryo abhibhuuti pauMsyam maho raaye cit tarute yad arvataH

hvayaamy agnim prathamaM svastaye hvayaami mitraavaruNaav ihaavase

ubhayataH pavamaanasya rashmayo dhruvasya sataH pari yanti ketavaH

marutvato apratiitasya jiSNor ajuuryataH pra bravaamaa kRtaani

Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul.

yaa vaa te santi daashuSe adhRSTaa giro vaa yaabhir nRvatiir uruSyaaH

He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

taa indrasya na minanti vrataani sindhubhyo havyaM ghRtavaj juhota

tviSiimanto adhvarasyeva didyut tRSucyavaso juhvo\ naagneH

jaatena jaatam ati sa pra sarsRte yaM-yaM yujaM kRNute brahmaNas patiH

ghRtapratiika urviyaa vy a\dyaud agnir vishvaani kaavyaani vidvaan