किन्त्वस्माभि: कृत: पूर्वं समय: सात्वतर्षभ । पुंसां वीर्यपरीक्षार्थं कन्यावरपरीप्सया ॥ ४२ ॥
kintv asmābhiḥ kṛtaḥ pūrvaṁ samayaḥ sātvatarṣabha puṁsāṁ vīrya-parīkṣārthaṁ kanyā-vara-parīpsayā
- kintu
- but
- asmābhiḥ
- by us (her family)
- kṛtaḥ
- made
- pūrvam
- previously
- samayaḥ
- a stipulation
- sātvata-ṛṣabha
- O chief of the Sātvatas
- puṁsām
- of the men (who came as suitors)
- vīrya
- the prowess
- parīkṣā
- of testing
- artham
- for the purpose
- kanyā
- for my daughter
- vara
- the husband
- parīpsayā
- with the desire of finding
But to ascertain the proper husband for my daughter, O chief of the Sātvatas, we previously set a condition to test the prowess of her suitors.