He (the king) was then overcome by desire; he did not remember the course (of the Rishi); he embraced Madri by force. O descendant of Kuru, unrestrained by the fear of curse and impelled by fate, the king, being overpowered by passion, forcibly sought the embraces of his wife, as if to put an end to his life.
स तु कामपरीतात्मा तं शापं नान्वबुध्यत। माद्री मैथुनधर्मेण सोऽन्वगच्छद् बलादिव॥ जीवितान्ताय कौरव्य मन्मथस्य वशं गतः। शापजं भयमुत्सृज्य विधिना सम्प्रचोदितः॥