To my kingdom, O beautiful ones, by tempting him and by securing his confidence. Those women were afraid of the king and afraid as well of (the Rishi's) curse. They becamc pale and confounded; and they said that the business was beyond their power (to accomplish). Thereupon one among them, an old woman thus spoke to the king.
लोभयित्वाभिविश्वास्य विषयं मम शोभनाः। ता राजभयभीताश्च शापभीताश्च योषितः॥ अशक्यमूचुस्तत् कार्यं विवर्णा गतचेतसः। तत्र त्वेका जरद्योषा राजानमिदमब्रवीत्॥