If you desire to do what will be pleasing to me, do it soon." O ruler of men having been thus addressed by the king, the ministers, soon performed what they were commanded to do by the king. I have thus narrated to you how the son was exiled by the illustrious Sagara for the welfare of the citizens. I shall now narrate to you in detail what the great bowman Anshumana was told by Sagara. Listen to me.
यदि वो मत्प्रियं कार्यमेतच्छीघ्रं विधीयताम्। एवमुक्ता नरेन्द्रेण सचिवास्ते नराधिप॥ यथोक्तं त्वरिताश्चक्रुर्यथाऽज्ञापितवान् नृपः। एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथा पुत्रो महात्मना॥ पौराणां हितकामेन सगरेण विवासितः। अंशुमांस्तु महेष्वासो यदुक्तः सगरेण हि। तत् ते सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि कीर्त्यमानं निबोध मे॥