Having thought thus the king, with great exertion, mounted his horse and returned to his capital, changed though he had been into a woman.
व्यायामे कर्कशत्वं च वीर्यं च पुरुषे गुणाः। पौरुषं विप्रनष्टं वै स्त्रीत्वं कनापि मेऽभवत्॥