Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
दुस्त्याज्या स्वकथापीह कथं स्यादेष सुत्यजः । प्राणा अपि प्रिया नेति व्याजहार चरालिका ॥ २४॥
IAST
dustyājyā svakathāpīha kathaṃ syādeṣa sutyajaḥ | prāṇā api priyā neti vyājahāra carālikā || 24||
English
Carālikā declared, ‘Even talk about oneself is hard to relinquish—how then could this beloved be easy to abandon? Compared with him, even life itself is not dear.’