"O gods, pardon me; and how it is that a person, who is in the same way determined (to get Damayanti), can dare speak to the damsel on behalf of others."
कथं तु जातसंकल्प: स्त्रियमुत्सृजते पुमान्। परार्थमीदृशं वक्तुं तत् क्षमन्तु महेश्वरराः॥