Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
एतस्या मार्दवं दृष्ट्वा निष्ठुरोप्यति निष्ठुरात् । मृदोरपि मृदुर्भूत्वा भीतो स भजतेत्विमाम् ॥ ४९॥
IAST
etasyā mārdavaṃ dṛṣṭvā niṣṭhuropyati niṣṭhurāt | mṛdorapi mṛdurbhūtvā bhīto sa bhajatetvimām || 49||
English
‘Seeing her tenderness, even one harder than the hardest becomes softer than the softest; awed and careful, he devotes himself to her.’