The royal sage has always lived in the enjoyment of every comfort. He will certainly be very miserable. Arrived in the deep forest, what is now the condition of that personage of royal descent, who is, again, bereft of vision?
सुखार्हः स हि राजर्षिरसुखी तद् वनं महत्। किमवस्थः समासाद्य प्रज्ञाचक्षुर्हतात्मजः॥