Then the king answered Myself and my wife have felt no exhaustion Indeed, all their fatigue had been removed through the power of the Rishi, and hence it was that the king could say so to the Rishi.
अथाब्रवीन्नृपो वाक्यं श्रमो नास्त्यावयोरिह। विश्रान्तौ च प्रभावात् ते उचतुस्तौ तु भार्गवम्॥