O Brahmana, why was that dense forest, in which the king Sveta of Vidarbha used to perform hard penances, divested of birds and animals?
भगवंस्तद्वनं घोरं तपस्तप्यति यत्र सः। श्वेतो वैदर्भको राजा कथं तदमृगद्विजम्॥