Hearing those words of the ascetic's son, the king, filled with delight, readily at once repaired to the sacrificial ground.
तद् वाक्यमृषिपुत्रस्य श्रुत्वा हर्षसमन्वितः जगाम नृपतिः शीघ्रं यज्ञवाटमतन्द्रितः॥