Thereat, Shuka, without any anger, stopped and waited. Neither the sun nor the long distance he had walked had tried him in the least. Neither hunger, nor thirst, nor the exertion he had made, had weakened him. The heat of the Sun had not scorched or pained or distressed him in any way.
तथैव च शुकस्तत्र निर्मन्युः समतिष्ठत। चातपाध्वसंतप्तः क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमान्वितः॥ प्रताम्यति ग्लायति वा नापैति च तथाऽऽतपात्।