Then addressing them all, that royal sage, that foremost of orators, said, I had gone out on a hunting expedition, accompanied by a large army. Losing all knowledge of the cardinal points I entered a thick and dreadful forest, moved by the fates.
पुनरायात् पुरं तात स्त्रीकृतो नृपसत्तमः। पुत्रा दाराश्च भृत्याश्च पौरजानपदाश्च ते॥