Brahma addressed her again and again, but the lady appeared to be herself deprived of life. Seeing her thus, the god of gods, that lords of lords, became silent.
पुनः पुनरथोक्ता सा गतसत्त्वेव भामिनी। तूष्णीमासीत् ततो देवो देवानामीश्वरेश्वरः॥