Slain he lies prostrate on the field like a lion-calf in the woods. Cognisant of the evils of falschood that king clearly spoke these words to the foremost of Brahmanas, adding indistinctly the word elephant after them. Hearing that you have been slain and consequently afflicted with great grief.
शेते विनिहतो भूमौ वने सिंहशिशुर्यथा॥ जाननप्यनृतस्याथ दोषान् स द्विजसत्तमम्। अव्यक्तमब्रवीद् राजा हतः कुञ्जर इत्युत॥