The Earth herself was unable to hold those tear-drops of Utanka. With a pleased heart, Gautama then said to the twice-born Utanka, 'Why, O son, is your mind so afflicted with grief today? Tell me calmly and quietly, O learned Rishi, for I wish to hear it in full.
न हि तानश्रुपातांस्तु शक्ता धारयितुं मही॥ गौतमस्त्वव्रवीद् विप्रमुत्तङ्क प्रीतमानसः। कस्मात् तात तवाद्येह शोकोत्तरमिदं मनः। स स्वैरं ब्रूहि विप्रर्षे श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः॥