How could the king Ila subject himself to those afflictions in the shape of a female? And how did he use to behave himself in his male form?
कथं स राजा स्त्रीभूतो वर्तयामास दुर्गतिः। पुरुषः स यदा भूतः कां वृत्तिं वर्तयत्यसौ॥