Brihadashva said: Having been thus addressed by the prince of the Nishadhas, Pushkara, with the assurance of his own success, answered the king smilingly.
नैषधेनैवमुक्तस्तु पुष्करः प्रहसन्निवा ध्रुवमात्मजयं मत्वा प्रत्याह पृथिवीपतिम्॥