Thus addressed by the daughter of the king of the Vidharbhas, Nala said to her in reply: “How is it that you choose a man rejecting the Lokapalas (guardians of the worlds) who are present?
एवमुक्तस्तु वैदा नलस्तां प्रत्युवाच हा तिष्ठत्सु लोकपालेषु कथं मानुषमिच्छसि॥