[982] The thousand women who were his wives and the seven hundred slave-women,
raising their arms, wailed aloud:
"A yakkha in the guise of a brahmin is taking Vidhura away!"
The women of the royal harem, the princes, the vessas, and the brahmins,
raising their arms, wailed aloud:
"A yakkha in the guise of a brahmin is taking Vidhura away!"
The elephant riders, the guardsmen, the charioteers, and the foot soldiers,
raising their arms, wailed aloud:
"A yakkha in the guise of a brahmin is taking Vidhura away!"
The country folk who had gathered and the townsfolk who had gathered,
raising their arms, wailed aloud:
"A yakkha in the guise of a brahmin is taking Vidhura away!"
The thousand women who were his wives and the seven hundred slave-women,
raising their arms, wailed aloud:
"Where has that sage gone?"
The women of the royal harem, the princes, the vessas, and the brahmins,
raising their arms, wailed aloud:
"Where has that sage gone?"
The elephant riders, the guardsmen, the charioteers, and the foot soldiers,
raising their arms, wailed aloud:
"Where has that sage gone?"
The country folk who had gathered and the townsfolk who had gathered,
raising their arms, wailed aloud:
"Where has that sage gone?"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.