Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
समुद्रमेवाभिमुखं गता नदीस्त्यजत्यसौ नैव न गर्वितोऽप्यथ । त्वदीय पादाभिमुखास्तथाङ्गना निवर्त्तनीया न कदाचनत्वया ॥ ७९॥
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samudramevābhimukhaṃ gatā nadīstyajatyasau naiva na garvito'pyatha | tvadīya pādābhimukhāstathāṅganā nivarttanīyā na kadācanatvayā || 79||
English
The ocean never rejects rivers that have turned toward it, even though it is vast and proud. In the same way, you must never turn back women who have set their faces toward your feet.