O lord of animals! console me-who am, alone seeking my husband, distressed and woestricken-with the news of Nala if you have at all seen him.
पतिमन्वेषतीमेकां कृपणां शोककर्शिताम्। आश्वासय मृगेन्द्रेह यदि दृष्टस्त्वया नलः॥