May that sinful wretch, who has reduced Nala of pious heart into this plight, live a more miserable life than his (Nala's) own, fraught with such greater woes.'
अपापचेतसं पापो य एवं कृतवान् नलम्। तस्माद् दुःखतरं प्राप्य जीवत्वसुखजीविकाम्॥