सान्द्रं तमिस्रावृतमार्तमन्धं ददर्श तद्भारतमार्यखण्डम् ।
गूढा रजन्यामरिभिर्विनष्टा माता भृशं क्रन्दति भारतानाम् ॥ ३३॥
sAndraM tamisrAvR^itamArtamandhaM dadarsha tadbhAratamAryakhaNDam |
gUDhA rajanyAmaribhirvinaShTA mAtA bhR^ishaM krandati bhAratAnAm || 33||
33. I saw then this land of India, the Aryan country, wrapped thickly in darkness, suffering, blinded; hidden in the night, ruined by her enemies, the mother of the Bharatas wept aloud.