न तां शेकुर्नृपा वोढुमजित्वा सप्त गोवृषान् । तीक्ष्णशृङ्गान् सुदुर्धर्षान् वीर्यगन्धासहान् खलान् ॥ ३३ ॥
na tāṁ śekur nṛpā voḍhum ajitvā sapta-go-vṛṣān tīkṣṇa-śṛṅgān su-durdharṣān vīrya-gandhāsahān khalān
- na
- not
- tām
- her
- śekuḥ
- were able
- nṛpāḥ
- kings
- voḍhum
- to marry
- ajitvā
- without defeating
- sapta
- seven
- go-vṛṣān
- bulls
- tīkṣṇa
- sharp
- śṛṅgān
- whose horns
- su
- very
- durdharṣān
- uncontrollable
- vīrya
- of warriors
- gandha
- the smell
- asahān
- not tolerating
- khalān
- vicious
The kings who came as suitors were not allowed to marry her unless they could subdue seven sharp-horned bulls. These bulls were extremely vicious and uncontrollable, and they could not tolerate even the smell of warriors.