By that act did the king lose his strength and became shorn of prosperity; and then as he was agitated and oppressed with fear and had lost the power of speech, I said-
तेनाभूद्धततेजाश्च नि:श्रीकश्च महीपतिः। ततस्तं तमसाऽऽविग्नमवोचं भृशपीडितम्॥