O Bharata, while speaking these words, Nala, afflicted with calamity, could not check the flow of his tears and began to weep bitterly.
एवं ब्रुवाणस्तद् वाक्यं नलः परमदुर्मनाः। न वाष्यमशकत् सोढुं प्ररुरोद च भारत।॥