Canonical Ref: AS 7.50
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
मनोरथाय नाशंसे किं बाहो स्पन्दसे वृथा । पूर्वावधीरितं श्रेयो दुःखं हि परिवर्तते ॥
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Abhijñānaśākuntalam, AS 7.50. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.