“How can I go," replied Sumantra, Without the permission of the king?” Hearing these words of the counsellor, the king spoke to him.
अश्रुत्वा राजवचनं कथं गच्छामि भामिनि। तच्छ्रुत्वा मन्त्रिणो वाक्यं राजा मन्त्रिणमब्रवीत्॥