O Janaka, you are hearing my words as if you have been stupified by eating the fruit of Sleshmataki tree. You have been robbed of your sense by flattery. Therefore though you are pierced by my words as an elephant by the goad, you do not heed them.
श्लेष्मातकी क्षीणवर्चाः शृणोषि उताहो त्वां स्तुतयो मादयन्ति। हस्तीव त्वं जनक विनुद्यमानो न मामिकां वाचमिमां शृणोषि।॥