Indeed, the lady was greatly afflicted with sorrow, even like a woman who has lost her powerful husband. And she said to that best of sages-"Tell me what I can do for you.'
हतवीरा यथा नारी साऽभवद् दुःखिता भृशम्। ब्रूहि किं करवाणीति प्रोवाच मुनिसत्तमम्॥