O Lakşmaņa, by virtue of this boon, the king Ila for one month used to become a man and for the next used to become female, charming in the three worlds under the name of Ilă.
एवं स राजा पुरुषो मासं भूत्वाथ कार्दमिः। त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी नारी मासमेकमिलाभवत्॥