Līlāvatī 203

203

ēvaṁ ṇaraṇāha ṇisāmiūṇa taḍivaḍaṇadūsahaṁ vaaṇaṁ
kahakaha vi maē maccūmuhāhi viṇiattiō appā

Having thus heard, O lord of men, their speech hard to bear like a lightning-strike,
somehow or other I pulled myself back from the jaws of death.