Damayanti said “O you of expanded breast! O you of long arms! O protector of the Nishadha people! O king! whither have you gone today forsaking me in this desolate wilderness? O hero! O foremost of men! it does not behove you, who have performed the horse-sacrifice and various other sacrifices accompanied by profuse Dakshinas, to play false with myself.
दमयन्त्युवाच व्यूढोरस्क महाबाहो नैषधानां जनाधिप। क्व नु राजन् गतोऽस्यद्य विसृज्यविजने वने॥ अश्वमेधादिभिर्वीर क्रतुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः। कथमिष्ट्वा नरव्याघ्र मयि मिथ्या प्रवर्तसे॥