Thereupon Bahuka stopped the car and addressed the king, “O monarch, O the chastiser of foes, you are saying to me what is beyond my power of perception. O king, I will make this matter perceptible (by my sense) by cutting down the tree Vibhitaka; and when I will really count, there nothing will remain to be supposed. O foremost of kings, I will hew down the tree Vibhitaka in your presence. I do not know whether what you say will really come to pass or not.
ततो रथमवस्थाप्य राजानं बाहुकोऽब्रवीत्। परोक्षमिव मे राजन् कत्थसे शत्रुकर्शन॥ प्रत्यक्षमेतत् कर्तास्मि शातयित्वा विभीतकम्। अथात्र गणिते राजन् विद्यते न परोक्षता॥ प्रत्यक्षं ते महाराज शातयिष्ये बिभीतकम्। अहं हि नाभिजानामि भवेदेवं न वेति वा॥