Thus addressed, the wicked-souled Kichaka answered, saying “O Sairandhri of beautiful smile, I am never afraid of the Gandharvas.
एवमुक्तः सुदुष्टात्मा कीचकः प्रत्युवाच ह। नाहं बिभेमि सैरन्ध्र गन्धर्वाणां शुचिस्मिते॥