O lord of this forest! on the other hand, if you know nothing of Nala, then, O foremost of animals, devour me up and thereby relieve me from this misery.'
अथवा त्वं वनपते नलं यदि न शंससि। मां खादय मृगश्रेष्ठ दुःखादस्माद् विमोचय॥