भृशमालपतेऽप्यस्मे नालापं नागरा ददुः ।मुक्ताजालयुतायापि कीचकायाध्वगा इव
In plain words
Though he spoke to them again and again, the citizens gave him no word in reply -- as wayfarers pay no heed to a hollow reed piping in the wind, even one strung with a net of pearls.