Hearing of the departure of the Brāhmaṇas he sent for his priest, minister, the citizens and subjects and filled with sorrow said: "Do you all hear attentively my words.
अथाध्वनि गतौ विप्रौ विज्ञाय स नृपस्तदा। आहूय मन्त्रिणः सर्वान्नैगमान्सपुरोधसः॥ तानुवाच नृगो राजा सर्वाश्च प्रकृतीस्तथा। दुःखेन सुसमाविष्टः श्रूयतां मे समाहिताः॥