O you blessed with longevity! whose is that lady, for whom do you lament every day?” Thus spoken, king Nala answered him, saying, There was a wretch, who had lost all his senses. He had a spouse known to many. He was false in his promises (to her). For a certain cause he was separated from her.
आयुष्मन् कस्य वा नारी यामेवमनुशोचसि। तमुवाच नलो राजा मन्दप्रज्ञस्य कस्यचित्॥ आसीद् बहुमता नारी तस्यादृढतरं वचः। स वै केनचिदर्थेन तया मन्दो व्ययुज्यत॥