Thereafter Nala of high renown, possessed with extreme anguish, looking at Pushkara, began to take all the ornaments off every part of his body. Then wearing a single piece of cloth, with his person uncovered enhancing the gricſ of his friends and forsaking his vast wealth the king went out.
ततः पुष्करमालोक्य नलः परममन्युमान्। उत्सृज्य सर्वगात्रेभ्यो भूषणानि महायशाः॥ एकवासा ह्यसंवीतः सुहृच्छोकविवर्धनः। निश्चक्राम ततो राजा त्यक्त्वा सुविपुलां श्रियम्॥