Coming to their father, they spoke to him with joined hands, "O king, O ruler of earth, O protector of men, at your command we have searched the whole earth with its seas, forests, islands, with its rivers and caves, with its mountains and forest lands, but we could not find cither the horse or the thief who had stolen it.” Having heard their words, the king grew senseless in anger.
आगम्य पितरं चोचुस्ततः प्राञ्जलयोऽग्रतः। ससमुद्रवनद्वीपा सनदीनदकन्दरा॥ सपर्वतवनोद्देशा निखिलेन मही नृप। अस्माभिर्विचिता राजञ्छासनात् तव पार्थिव॥ न चाश्वमधिगच्छामो नाश्वहर्तारमेव च। श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तेषां स राजा क्रोधमूछितः॥