Having enjoyed long the Earth like a dear wife, the powerful Shalya, now to sleep on the Earth's breast, embraced her.
चिरं भुक्त्वा वसुमती प्रियां कान्तामिव प्रभुः॥ सर्वैरङ्गैः समानिश्लष्य प्रसुप्त इव चाभवत्।