And he said to himself,-Hope moves every foolish man. I shall banish hope from my mind!-Such was his resolution. Viradyumna once more asked that foremnost of ascetics, saying,
तामहं व्यपनेष्यामि इति कृत्वा व्यवस्थितः। वीरद्युम्नस्तु तं भूयः पप्रच्छ मुनिसत्तमम्॥