Thus spoken to, O mighty monarch, your sire Devavrata, reflecting for a moment only and forming his determination, are
संजय उवाच एवमुक्तो महाराज पिता देवव्रतस्तव। चिन्तयित्वा मुहूर्तं तु कृत्वा निश्चयमात्मनः॥