Thus meditating in his mind and relying upon the statement of the woman, which was ensured by her knowledge of the death of the female crane, as also by her happy discourse bearing upon the principles of virtue, he (Kaushika), being filled with curiosity.
इति संचित्य मनसा श्रद्दधानः स्त्रिया वचः। बलाकाप्रत्ययेनासौ धयश्च वचनैः शुभैः॥ सम्प्रतस्थे स मिथिलां कौतूहलसमन्वितः।