śrutam ṛtuparṇena rājñā yathā kila damayantīsvayaṃvareti, sa śrutvā nalena sārathinā tatra gantumabhipratasthe /
King Ṛtuparṇa heard that there was to be Damayantī's self-choice [ceremony], [and] having heard this, he set out to go there with Nala as [his] charioteer.