I ask you, O mighty monarch, as you are the lord of us all. Do you see me safely despatched to the forest of Dandaka.
आपृच्छे त्वां महाराज सर्वेषामीश्वरोऽसि नः। प्रस्थितं दण्डकारण्यं पश्य त्वं कुशलेन माम्॥