People shall be at ease if you can bring about the destruction of Lavaņa. O foremost of men, I shall then describe to you the incomparable and dreadful prowess of the vicious-souled Lavaņa and his dart. O king, with great exertions did Lavaņa slay Māndhāta and not easily.
लोकानां स्वस्ति चैवं स्यात्कृते कर्मणि च त्वया। एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं लवणस्य दुरात्मनः॥ शूलस्य च बलं घोरमप्रमेयं नरर्षभ। विनाशश्चैव मांधातुर्यत्नेनाभूच्च पार्थिव ॥