On account of the agreement he had made, he accepted with difficulty half her penances. Casting off his body he soon followed her, O Bharata's chief, drawn by sorrow and her beauty.
समयेन तपोऽर्धं त कृच्छ्रात् प्रतिगृहीतवान्। साधयित्वा तदाऽऽत्मानं तस्याः स गतिमन्वियात्।। २४ दुःखितो भरतश्रेष्ठ तस्या रूपबलात्कृतः।