देवेऽवर्षति काशीश: श्वफल्कायागताय वै । स्वसुतां गान्दिनीं प्रादात् ततोऽवर्षत् स्म काशिषु ॥ ३२ ॥
deve ’varṣati kāśīśaḥ śvaphalkāyāgatāya vai sva-sutāṁ gāṇdinīṁ prādāt tato ’varṣat sma kāśiṣu
- deve
- when the demigod, Lord Indra
- avarṣati
- had not been supplying rain
- kāśī-īśaḥ
- the King of Benares
- śvaphalkāya
- to Śvaphalka (Akrūra’s father)
- āgatāya
- who had come
- vai
- certainly
- sva
- his own
- sutām
- daughter
- gāndinīm
- Gāndinī
- prādāt
- gave
- tataḥ
- then
- avarṣat
- it rained
- sma
- indeed
- kāśiṣu
- in the kingdom of Kāśī
[The elders said:] Previously, when Lord Indra had withheld rain from Kāsī [Benares], the king of that city gave his daughter Gāndinī to Śvaphalka, who was then visiting him. It soon rained in the kingdom of Kāśī.