Paushya thought for a while and then replied “Carefully recollect, Sir, whether you are defiled with the impurities of a repast. The queen is a chaste woman and therefore she cannot be seen by one who is defiled by the impurities of a repast. She does not appear before one who is so defiled."
स एवमुक्तः पौष्यःक्षणमात्रं विमृश्योत्तकं प्रत्युवाच। नियतं भवानुच्छिष्टः। स्मर तावन्न हि सा क्षत्रिया उच्छिष्टेनाशुचिना शक्या द्रष्टुं। पतिव्रतात्वात्सैषा नाशुचेर्दर्शनमुपैतीति॥