To the lizard that said those words "You had done many pious deeds. You committed no sin. Why then, O king, have you come by such a distressful end? Do you explain what is this and why has it been caused?"
तथा ब्रुवाणं तु तमाह माधवः शुभं त्वया कर्म कृतं न पापकम्। कथं भवान् दुर्गतिमीदृशीं गतो नरेन्द्र तद् ब्रूहि किमेतदीदृशम्॥