The King (Ashvapati) having in conformity with usage, paid his respects to that royal sage, introduced himself (to him) by an appropriate speech and the king (Dyumatsena) versed in religion, having offered to the monarch (Ashvapati) a seat, (the oblation called) Arghya and a cow asked him what brought him there,
स राजा तस्य राजर्षेः कृत्वा पूजां यथार्हतः। वाचा सुनियतो भूत्वा चकारात्मनिवेदनम्॥ तस्यार्थ्यमासनं चैव गां चावेद्य स धर्मवित्। किमागमनमित्येवं राजा राजानमब्रवीत्॥