All this was done for showing the power of penances and the reward that is in store for virtue. The desire that arose in your heart, O monarch, at sight of those delightful objects, is known to me.
निदर्शनार्थं तपसो धर्मस्य च नराधिप। तत्र याऽऽसीत् स्पृहा राजंस्तच्चापि विदितं मया॥२८