O king, it has been heard by us that when Samvarana, the son of Riksha, was ruling the earth, there occurred a great loss of people on account of famine, plague, draught and disease.
आर्भे संवरणे राजन् प्रशासति वसुंधराम्। संक्षयः सुमहानासीत् प्रजानामिति न श्रुतम्॥ व्यशीर्यत ततो राष्ट्रं क्षयैर्नानाविधैस्तदा। क्षुन्मृत्युभ्यामनावृष्ट्या व्याधिभिश्च समाहतम्॥