Then that best of men, the royal son of Kunti of mighty arms, whose heart was burning in grief, after much deliberation rose up and entered that mighty forest where no sound of human voice could be heard. It was inhabited by rurus, boars and birds.
ततः कुन्तीसुतो राजा प्रचिन्त्य पुरुषर्षभः। समुत्थाय महाबाहुर्दह्यमानेन चेतमा॥ व्यपेतजननिर्घोषं प्रविवेश महावनम्। रुरुभिश्च वराहैश्च पक्षिभिश्च निषेवितम्॥