Shalya said O king! O you of bright complexion and having dismissed that lovely face one, he yoked, to car, Rishis who used to observe the rules of their class. The habits of his life being unworthy of a Brahmana, having come to the possession of power, vain of his strength, willful and of a vicious nature, he made the Rishis carry him.
शल्य उवाच एवमुक्त्वा तु तां देवीं विसृज्य च वराननाम्। विमाने योजयित्वा च ऋषीन् नियममास्थितान्॥ अब्रह्मण्यो बलोपेतो मत्तो मदबलेन च। कामवृत्तः स दुष्टात्मा वाहयामास तानृषीन्॥