What sort of a princess that vow-observing Shanta was, who tempted his heart by becoming at nd? Why did not the chastiser of . foes (Indra) pour rain in the kingdom of the royal sage Lomapada when it is heard that he was very virtuous.
कथंरूपा च सा शान्ता राजपुत्री यतव्रता। लोभयामास या चेतो मृगभूतस्य तस्य वै॥ लोमपादश्च राजर्षिर्यदाश्रूयतधार्मिकः। कथं वै विषये तस्य नावर्षत् पाकशासनः॥