O the ruler of the earth! the Queen-mother summoned Sudeva before her and asked him, saying, 'whose wife is this lady? and whose daughter? and how this damsel, possessing handsome eyes has been separated from her husband as well as her relatives? O Brahmana! how have you come to know her, falling in this great distress?
ततः सुदेवमानाय्य राजमाता विशाम्यते। पप्रच्छ भार्या कस्येयं सुता वा कस्य भाविनी॥ कथं च नष्टा ज्ञातिभ्यो भर्तुर्वा वामलोचना। त्वया च विदिता विप्र कथमेवगंता सती॥