नृग उवाच नृगो नाम नरेन्द्रोऽहमिक्ष्वाकुतनय: प्रभो । दानिष्वाख्यायमानेषु यदि ते कर्णमस्पृशम् ॥ १० ॥
nṛga uvāca nṛgo nāma narendro ’ham ikṣvāku-tanayaḥ prabho dāniṣv ākhyāyamāneṣu yadi te karṇam aspṛśam
- nṛgaḥ uvāca
- King Nṛga said
- nṛgaḥ nāma
- named Nṛga
- nara-indraḥ
- a ruler of men
- aham
- I
- ikṣvāku-tanayaḥ
- a son of Ikṣvāku
- prabho
- O Lord
- dāniṣu
- among men of charity
- ākhyāyamāneṣu
- when being enumerated
- yadi
- perhaps
- te
- Your
- karṇam
- ear
- aspṛśam
- I have touched
King Nṛga said: I am a king known as Nṛga, the son of Ikṣvāku. Perhaps, Lord, You have heard of me when lists of charitable men were recited.