Thereupon, that virtuous and truthful (king) resembling the ocean by virtue of his gravity, and motionless like the welkin, answered Sumantra, saying.
स सत्यवाक्यो धर्मात्मा गाम्भीर्यात् सागरोपमः। आकाश इव निष्पङ्को नरेन्द्रः प्रत्युवाच तम्॥