Vaishampayana said : Having thus commanded his son Shantanu and installed him on his throne, that king, Pratipa, retired into a forest.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं संदिश्य तनयं प्रतीपः शान्तनुं तदा। स्वे च राज्येऽभिषिच्यैनं वनं राजा विवेश ह॥