Plunging into that lake for performing my ablutions, I was changed into a woman! Summoning then his wives and counsellors, and all his sons by their names, that best of kings changed into a woman said to them these words: Do you enjoy this kingdom happily. About myself, I shall go to the forest, you sons.
अटव्यां च सुघोरायां तृष्णा” नष्टचेतनः। सरः सुरुचिरप्रख्यमपश्यं पक्षिभिर्वृतम्॥ तत्रावगाढः स्त्रीभूतो दैवेनाहं कृतः पुराः। नामगोत्राणि चाभाष्य दाराणां मन्त्रिणां तथा॥