Then being furnished with a piece of cloth that was as white as the plumage of the swan and that had been lying loose there, the king encircled his head with it in order to rub off the water therefrom.
राजहंसनिभं प्राप्य उष्णीषं शिथिलार्पितम्। जलक्षयनिमित्तं वै वेष्टयामास मूर्धनि॥