From whose lips shall I this day hear these honeyed words viz. 'That graceful and highsouled king Nala of eyes resembling lotus leaves, the slayer of hostile troops, in quest of whom you are wandering in this forest, is staying even here.'
अभिरूपं महात्मानं परव्यूहविनाशनम्। यमन्वेषसि राजानं नलं पद्मनिभेक्षणम्॥ अयं स इति कस्याद्य श्रोष्यामि मधुरां गिरम्।