Then having comforted him for a short while by citing reasons arrived at in the Shastras, the rulers of the earth departed to their respective abodes on the advent of the night.
ते मुहूर्त समाश्वस्य हेतुभिः शास्त्रसम्मितैः। रात्र्यागमे महीपालाः स्वानि वेश्मानि भेजिरे॥