पुरा पिता नो भगवान्दक्षो दुहितृवत्सल: । कं वृणीत वरं वत्सा इत्यपृच्छत न: पृथक् ॥ १३ ॥
pura pita no bhagavan dakso duhitr-vatsalah kam vrnita varam vatsa ity aprcchata nah prthak
- pura
- in days long ago
- pita
- father
- nah
- our
- bhagavan
- the most opulent
- daksah
- Daksa
- duhitr-vatsalah
- affectionate to his daughters
- kam
- unto whom
- vrnita
- you want to accept
- varam
- your husband
- vatsah
- O my children
- iti
- thus
- aprcchata
- inquired
- nah
- us
- prthak
- separately.
In days long ago, our father, the most opulent Daksa, who was affectionate to his daughters, asked each of us separately whom we would prefer to select as our husband.