अथ then, विराथः Viradha, वनम् forest, पूरयन् filling with echoes, पुनः again, वाक्यम् words, उवाच said, पृच्छतः asked, मम me, ब्रूतम् whereabouts, युवाम् you both, कौ who are you, क्व where, गमिष्यथः going.

Then Viradha with his voice filling the forest said, Instead of asking about me you both should speak out who you are and where you are going