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तत्राथ शुश्राव सुहृद्विनष्टिं वनं यथा वेणुजवह्निसंश्रयम् ।
संस्पर्धया दग्धमथानुशोचन् सरस्वतीं प्रत्यगियाय तूष्णीम् ॥ २१ ॥
 
tatratha susrava suhrd-vinastim
vanam yatha venu-javahni-samsrayam
samspardhaya dagdham athanusocan
sarasvatim pratyag iyaya tusnim
tatra-there; atha-thereafter; susrava-heard; suhrt-kinsmen; vinastim-all dead; vanam-forest; yatha-as much as; venu-javahni-fire due to the bamboos; samsrayam-friction with one another; samspardhaya-by violent passion; dagdham-burnt; atha-thus; anusocan-thinking; sarasvatim-the River Sarasvati; pratyak-westward; iyaya-went; tusnim-silently.