Puranjana got a discouraging reply from the servants, “Master, we do not know what went wrong with the queen. She is lying silently on the bare floor, depressed and dull”.

These words were sufficient to break his heart and he approached his wife apologetically. Now we can see all sorts of persuading words from the King.

He asks, “unless your most caring mother or your most pleasing wife is with you at home, how can you stay there for long?”.

Then he attempts with his sweet tongue to praise her beauty and how much he desires for her. He forgets that he is a King and degrades himself to the level of a beggar, kneeling down before her.

Note – we can interpret this story part in two ways. One is the worldly aspect where a man persuades his lover. The extent to which a man, that too a King, can go by the effect of lust is displayed here.

The other aspect is the effect of ‘Budhi’ in our lives.

Sathwik Budhi is compared to the mother who gives the right direction.