*अष्टक उवाच अहं मन्ये पूर्वमेको ऽभिगन्ता सखा चेन्द्रः सर्वथा मे महात्मा । कस्मादेवं शिबिरौशीनरो ऽयम् एको ऽत्ययात् सर्वं वेगेन वाहान्
*aṣṭaka uvāca ahaṃ manye pūrvameko 'bhigantā sakhā cendraḥ sarvathā me mahātmā / kasmādevaṃ śibirauśīnaro 'yam eko 'tyayāt sarvaṃ vegena vāhān
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.