The recollection of that act of mine is burning all my limbs. The preceptor said to me,-Tell me truly, O king, whether my son lives still,—Expecting truth from me, the Brahmana asked me only. By silently saying the word elephant, I behaved falsely towards him.
अभिगम्य रणे मिथ्या पापेनोक्तः सुतं प्रति। तन्मे दहति गात्राणि यन्मां गुरुरभाषत॥ सत्यमाख्याहि राजंस्त्वं यदि जीवति मे सत्यमामर्षयन् विप्रो मयि तत् परिपृष्टवान्॥