Thereupon apprehensive for the king's life, they began to tremble like a blade of grass on a torrent. Filled with doubts at sight of the king, the ladies at last concluded that what had been apprehended (by the monarch) had certainly taken place.
ताः स्त्रियः स्वप्नशीलज्ञाश्चेष्टां संचलनादिषु। ता वेपथुपरीताश्च राज्ञः प्राणेषु शङ्किताः॥ प्रतिस्रोतस्तृणाग्राणां सदृशं संचकाशिरे। अथ संदेहमानानां स्त्रीणां दृष्ट्वा च पार्थिवम्। यत् तदाशङ्कितं पापं तदा जज्ञे विनिश्चयः॥