Seeing the king before him, the sage reproved him, saying,-You have committed a great sin. You have been guilty of foeticide. Why have you come here.
ऋषिर्दृष्ट्वा नृपं तत्र जगहें सुभृशं तदा। कर्ता पापस्य महतो भ्रूणहा किमिहागतः॥