प्रतिलभ्य ततः संज्ञाम् अभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः ॥
उवाच नृपतिः काले वसिष्ठम् ऋषिसत्तमम् ॥
सौदासो ऽहं महाभाग याज्यस् ते द्विजसत्तम ॥
अस्मिन् काले यद् इष्टं ते ब्रूहि किं करवाणि ते ॥
वसिष्ठ उवाच
वृत्तम् एतद् यथाकालं गच्छ राज्यं प्रशाधि तत् ॥
ब्राह्मणांश् च मनुष्येन्द्र मावमंस्थाः कदा चन ॥
pratilabhya tataḥ saṃjñām abhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ ||
uvāca nṛpatiḥ kāle vasiṣṭham ṛṣisattamam ||
saudāso 'haṃ mahābhāga yājyas te dvijasattama ||
asmin kāle yad iṣṭaṃ te brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te ||
vasiṣṭha uvāca
vṛttam etad yathākālaṃ gaccha rājyaṃ praśādhi tat ||
brāhmaṇāṃś ca manuṣyendra māvamaṃsthāḥ kadā cana ||
"Having regained his senses, the king, bowing with joined palms, then spoke to Vasishtha, the best of rishis." The king said: "I am Saudasa, O most fortunate one, he whose priest you are, O best of the twice-born; tell me now what you desire, what I should do for you." Vasishtha said: "All this happened in due time; go, rule that kingdom, and never disregard the brahmins, O lord of men."
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Here the healed man returns to humility and duty. It is telling that the king, coming to his senses, at once bows before the sage and offers his service: healed of evil, he turns to reverence for the saint. Telling too is Vasishtha's instruction — with no reproach for his slain sons: "rule the kingdom and honor the brahmins"; the saint does not take revenge but restores the sinner to dharma. Here is a freedom from malice that meets the repentant not with rebuke but with guidance. Thus the text reveals that the aim of the righteous is not punishment but correction; and Vasishtha, having lost his sons, cares only that the king should rule righteously.