sa copetya praṇamyātha nītvaikānte ca satvaram / taṃ pṛṣṭasvajanodantamevaṃ niṣṭhurako 'bravīt // gaṅgāntas tvāṃ tadā magnam anviṣya divasān bahūn / svaśirāṃsi śucā chettum abhūma vayam udyatāḥ // na putrāḥ sāhasaṃ kāryaṃ jīvanneṣyati vaḥ sakhā / ity antarikṣā dvāṇī nas tam udyogaṃ nyavārayat // tataśca tvatpituḥ pārśvamasmākaṃ pratigacchatām / mārge satvaramabhyetya pumāneko 'bravīdidam // nagaraṃ na praveṣṭavyaṃ yuṣmābhiriha sāṃpratam / yato vallabhaśaktiḥ sa vipanno 'tra mahīpatiḥ //
Niṣṭhuraka came up to him and saluted him, and quickly took him aside into a lonely place, and when asked by him for news of his relations gave him this answer: “On that occasion when you plunged into the Ganges we searched for you for many days, and out of grief we were preparing to cut off our heads, but a voice from heaven forbade that attempt of ours, saying: ‘My sons, do no rash act, your friend shall return alive.’ And then we were returning into the presence of your father when on the way a man hurriedly advanced to meet us and said this: ‘You must not enter this city at present, for the king of it, Vallabhaśakti, is dead, and the ministers have with one accord conferred the royal dignity on Vikramaśakti.