When Nala went a long way off, Kali too returned home. Thus prince Nala, having been left by Kali, became delivered from all afflictions. But, O monarch, that ruler of the earth did not regain his native form.
नले त समतिक्रान्ते कलिरप्यगमद् गृहम्। ततो गतज्वरो राजा नलोऽभूत् पृथिवीपतिः। विमुक्तः कलिना राजन् रूपमात्रवियोजितः॥