O forernost of men, O king, I do not desire to live without you. If you resolve to die by fasting, you will simply be the laughing-stock of all other kings.
नोत्सहे जीवितुमहं त्वविहीनो नरर्षभ। प्रायोपविष्टस्तु नृप राज्ञां हास्यो भविष्यसि॥