Ashvapati said : Neither happiness nor misery has any permanence. My daughter and myself are aware of this. Therefore, O king, you should not use such words towards me. Having (previously) made up my mind. I have come here.
अश्वपतिरुवाच सुखं च दुःखं च भवाभवात्मकं यदा विजानाति सुताहमेव च। न मद्विधे युज्यति राक्यमीदृशं विनिश्चयेनाभिगतोऽस्मि ते नृप॥