Thereupon, O descendant of Bharata, that best of kings, having been deprived of all his senses by the Rakshasas within him and having seen before him Shakti who had cursed him, said,
ततः स नृपतिश्रेष्ठो रक्षसापहतेन्द्रियः। उवाच शक्तिं तं दृष्ट्वा न चिरादिव भारत॥