O king! then Nala of holy fame beholding the dice depart and himself naked, thus spoke of Damayanti. O unblameable lady! they, in consequence of whose wrath I have been deprived of my (royal) fortune and being distressed and oppressed with hunger I cannot procure my livelihood, they through whose (malign) influence the citizens of Naishadha paid me no regard, O timid one! those very dice have assumed the form of birds and are even now fiying away with my cloth.
तान् समीपगतानक्षानात्मानं च विवाससम्। पुण्यश्लोकस्तदा राजन् दमयन्तीमथाब्रवीत्॥ येषां प्रकोपादैश्वर्यात् प्रच्युतोऽहमनिन्दिते। प्राणयात्रां न विन्देयं दुःखितः क्षुधयान्वितः॥ येषां कृते न सत्कारमकुर्वन् मयि नैषधाः। इमे ते शकुना भूत्वा वासो भीरु हरन्ति मे॥