The king said Great is the favour you show me today by speaking to me thus. Yes, I shall do what you bid. Having said this that best of kings began to cut off his own flesh and weigh it in a balance against the pigeon. Meanwhile in the inner apartments of the palace, the queen adorned with jewels and gems, hearing what was taking place, uttered exclamations of woe and came out, stricken with grief.
राजोवाच महाननुग्रहो मेऽघ यस्त्वमेवमिहात्थ माम्। बाढमेव करिष्यामीत्युक्त्वासौ राजसत्तमः॥ उत्कृत्योत्कृत्य मांसानि तुलया समतोलयत्। अन्तःपुरे ततस्तस्य स्त्रियो रत्नविभूषिताः॥ हाहाभूता विनिष्क्रान्ताः श्रुत्वा परमदुःखिताः। तासां रुदितशब्देन मन्त्रिभृत्यजनस्य च॥