क्वचित् कुमारी त्वात्मानं वृणानान् गृहमागतान् । स्वयं तानर्हयामास क्वापि यातेषु बन्धुषु ॥ ५ ॥
kvacit kumārī tv ātmānaṁ vṛṇānān gṛham āgatān svayaṁ tān arhayām āsa kvāpi yāteṣu bandhuṣu
- kvacit
- once
- kumārī
- a young girl
- tu
- indeed
- ātmānam
- herself
- vṛṇānān
- desiring as a wife
- gṛham
- to the house
- āgatān
- arrived
- svayam
- herself
- tān
- those men
- arhayām āsa
- received with great hospitality
- kva api
- to another place
- yāteṣu
- when they had gone
- bandhuṣu
- all her relatives
Once a marriageable young girl was alone in her house because her parents and relatives had gone that day to another place. At that time a few men arrived at the house, specifically desiring to marry her. She received them with all hospitality.