This I consider, O learned Brahmana, as a distinct mark of your favour. The object of my life has been accomplished. Even this is what I consider the very object of my sovereignty. This is the highest fruit of my penances.
एष मेऽनुग्रहो विप्र जीविते च प्रयोजनम्॥ एतद् राज्यफलं चैव तपसश्च फलं मम।