Vaishampayana said : O Janamejaya, having thus promised to her, the king went away. The king, as he went (towards his capital), began to think of Kanva. (He thought), “What would the illustrious ascetic do when he would hear all. Thus thinking on his way, he entered his capital.
वैशम्पायन उवाच इति तस्याः प्रतिश्रुत्य स नृपो जनमेजय। मनसा चिन्तयन् प्रायात् काश्यपं प्रति पार्थिवः॥ भगवांस्तपसा युक्तः श्रुत्वा किं किं न करिष्यति। एवं स चिन्तयन्नेव प्रविवेश स्वकं पुरम्॥