The king, afflicted with grief and sorrow, shed tears and touching water according to the form, thought for a while as if sifting something in his mind. Then addressing all his ministers, he said :
उवाच च महीपालो दुःखशोकसमन्वितः। दुर्धरं बाष्पमुत्सृज्य स्पृष्ट्वा चापो यथाविधि॥ मूहूर्तमिव च ध्यात्वा निश्चित्य मनसा नृपः। अमर्षी मन्त्रिणः सर्वानिदं वचनमब्रवीत॥