Hearing the words of the king and being apprised that this wife vile act had been done by the Rākşasa, Vasiștha said, “O king, even what I have said angrily shall not prove futile. However I confer upon you this boon that after twelve years you shall be freed from this curse, and by my favour you shall cherish no recollection of your condition extending ever those twelve years."
तच्छ्रुत्वा पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य रक्षसा विकृतं च तत्। पुनः प्रोवाच राजानं वसिष्ठः पुरुषर्षभम्॥ मया रोषपरीतेन यदिदं व्याहृतं वचः। नैतच्छक्यं वृथा कर्तुं प्रदास्यामि च ते वरम्॥ कालो द्वादश वर्षाणि शापस्यान्तो भविष्यति। मत्प्रासादाच्च राजेन्द्र अतीतं न स्मरिष्यसि॥