Having been thus addressed by him, they thus replied to that royal chastiser of foes, “O king of kings, O descendant of Bharata, the course that is yours is also ours. How can we enter the city without you?”
त एवमुक्ताः प्रत्यूचू राजानमरिमर्दनम्॥ या गतिस्तव राजेन्द्र सास्माकमपि भारत। कथं वा सम्प्रवेक्ष्यामस्त्वविहीनाः पुरं वयम्॥