Markandeya said : Continuously meditating upon that wonder, which the woman had told and reproaching himself very often, he appeared as if he was a criminal.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच चिन्तयित्वा तदाश्चर्यं स्त्रिया प्रोक्तमशेषतः। विनिन्दन् स स्वमात्मानमागस्कृत इवाबभौ॥