There the aged ascetics surrounding the old man together with his wife began to console him with stories of wonderful import about the kings of by gone ages.
तत्र भार्यासहायः स वृतो वृद्धैस्तपोधनैः। आश्वासितोऽपि चित्रार्थैः पूर्वराज्ञां कथाश्रयैः॥