When not reaching Nikumbhilā, and not having finished your offerings to fire, you, equipped with arms, are slain by a foe, O enemy of Indra, that is your death. Thus, O mightyarmed one, did the lord of all creatures confer a boon (on Indrajit), and, o king, thus was the death of this intelligent one ordained.
निकुम्भिलामसंप्राप्तमकृताग्निं च यो रिपुः। त्वामाततायिनं हन्यादिन्द्रशत्रो स ते वधः॥ वरो दत्तो महाबाहो सरवलोकेश्वरेण वै। इत्येवं विहितो राजन्वधस्तस्यैष धीमतः॥