Satyavati said : Take such steps as the ladies may conceive today. The people perish in a kingdom where there is anarchy. Sacrifices and other holy acts are destroyed, the rains and the celestial disappear from that place.
सत्यवत्युवाच सद्यो यथा प्रपद्येते देव्यौ गर्भं तथा कुरु॥ अराजकेषु राष्ट्रेषु प्रजानाथा विनश्यति। नश्यन्ति च क्रियाः सर्वा नास्ति वृष्टिर्न देवता॥