If, O king, you had not of yourself immediately communicated to us this unpleasant news, your head would have been reduced to a thousand flaws.
यद्येतदशुभं कर्म न स्म मे कथयेः स्वयम्। फलेन्मूर्धा स्म राजन् सद्यः शतसहस्रधा॥