The sage said-There is nothing, o king, which is so slender as Hope, I had requested many kings and found that there is nothing which is so The sage difficult of acquiring as an image presented by Hope before the mind!-
ऋषिरुवाच कृशत्वेन समं राजन्नाशामा विद्यते नृप। तस्या वै दुर्लभत्वाच्च प्रार्थिताः पार्थिवा मया॥