What for is this (visit of yours to the woods)? I wish to hear as clearly related by you the reason why clad in blackdeerskin and wearing matted locks, you, leaving your kingdom, have come to these regions. It behoves you to tell me all this.
किमेतदिच्छेयमहं श्रोतुं प्रव्याहतं त्वया। यस्मात् त्वमागतो देशमिमं चीरजटाजिनी॥ यन्निमित्तमिमं देशं कृष्णाजिनजटाधरः। हित्वा राज्यं प्रविष्टस्त्वं तत् सर्वं वक्तुमर्हसि॥