Thinking of his own want of garment and of Damayanti's being clad in a single piece of cloth, the King intended to pair off half of her cloth.
सोऽवस्त्रताममात्मनश्च तस्याश्चाप्येकवस्त्रताम्। चिन्तयित्वाध्यगाद् राजा वस्त्रार्धस्यावकर्तनम्॥