O mighty king in the meantime Pushkara had it proclaimed within the city, that any body that should regardfully (hospitably) behave towards Nala would become his victim.
पुष्करस्तु महाराज घोषयामास वै पुरे। नले यः सम्यगातिष्ठेत् स गच्छेद् वध्यतां मम॥