That foremost of men, Nala, was peerless in the worlds; because on earth he resembled in beauty Kandarpa (the god of love) himself in his embodied form.
नलश्च नरशार्दूलो लोकेष्वप्रतिमो भुवि। कन्दर्प इव रूपेण मूर्तिमानभवत् स्वयम्॥