Stricken with hunger and thirst, the king's confusion was so great that he could not see the cardinal points. Indeed, stricken with thirst, he began to rove about.
न दिशाऽविन्दत नृपः क्षुत्पिपासादितस्तदा। इतश्चेतश्च वै राजन् श्रमतृष्णान्वितो नृप॥