parjanyaḥ śata-varṣāṇi
bhūmau rājan na varṣati
tadā niranne hy anyonyaṁ
bhakṣyamāṇāḥ kṣudhārditāḥ
kṣayaṁ yāsyanti śanakaiḥ
kālenopadrutāḥ prajāḥ
parjanyaḥ - the clouds; śata-varṣāṇi - for one hundred years; bhūmau - upon the earth; rājan - my dear King; na varṣati - will not give rain; tadā - then; niranne - with the coming of famine; hi - indeed; anyonyam - one another; bhakṣyamāṇāḥ - eating; kṣudhā - by hunger; arditāḥ - distressed; kṣayam - to destruction; yāsyanti - they go; śanakaiḥ - gradually; kālena - by the force of time; upadrutāḥ - confounded; prajāḥ - the people.