Thereupon, Nala said to him in reply, “Your garment had dropped down far away; that is, we had advanced about eight miles from that place. It is, therefore, impossible to recover it.”
नलस्तं प्रत्युवाचाथ दूरे भ्रष्टः पटस्तवा योजनं समतिक्रान्तो नाहर्तुं शक्यते पुनः॥