Sahadeva proceeds along besmearing his face. Nakula goes with his body besmeared with ashes, thinking, “I may steal the hearts of the ladies that may look at me."
मुखमालिप्य तेनासौ सहदेवोऽपि गच्छति॥ नाहं मनांस्याददेयं मार्गे स्त्रीणामिति प्रभो। पांसूपलिप्तसर्वाङ्गो नकुलस्तेन गच्छति॥