Thus speaking unto his dear-loved wife matchless on carih in beauty, king Nala, deprived of his senses by Kali, endeavoured to go away.
एवमुक्तवा प्रियां भार्यां रूपेणाप्रतिमां भुवि। कलिनापहतज्ञानो नलः प्रातिष्ठदुद्यतः॥