Markandeya said : Then the high minded king, greatly satisfied with the victorious party who first spoke in high terms of him, gladly addressed him with these words.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः स राजा संहृष्टः सिद्धे पक्षे महामनाः। तमत्रिमब्रवीत् प्रीतः पूर्वं येनाभिसंस्तुतः॥