Brihat Samhita
अप्रदीपा यथा रात्रिरनादित्यं यथा नभः । तथाअसांवत्सरो राजा भ्रम्यत्यन्ध इवाध्वनि ॥ २-०८ ॥
Even men who, having conquered their passions and cut asunder all ties of family, live in woods, desire to question a learned Jyotiṣaka regarding their future.
english translation
apradIpA yathA rAtriranAdityaM yathA nabhaH । tathAasAMvatsaro rAjA bhramyatyandha ivAdhvani ॥ 2-08 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript