tatheti matvā rājāsau nahuṣaḥ kāmamohitaḥ | vimṛśya parayā buddhyā avāhyaṃ kiṃ praśasyate || 81 || sa buddhyā ca ciraṃ smṛtvā brāhmaṇāścatapasvinaḥ | avāhyāśca bhavaṃtyasmādātmānaṃ vāhayāmyaham || 82 || dvābhyāṃ ca tasyāḥ prāptyarthamiti me hṛdi vartate | śibikāṃ ca dadau tābhyāṃ dvijābhyāṃ kāmamohitaḥ || 83 || 
81-84. Saying “So be it”, Nahuṣa who was deluded by lust, thought over it. He deliberated on this intelligently: ‘Who can be the carrier not worthy of being so?’ After thinking about it intelligently and trying to remember for a long time (he decided thus): “The Brāhmaṇas and the ascetics are not usually thought of as carriers. I shall make two of them bear me in order to reach her. This is my decision.” So (the king) who was deluded by lust gave the palanquin to two Brāhmaṇas. 