अहं त्वाशृणवं विद्वन् विवाहार्थं समुद्यतम् । अतस्त्वमुपकुर्वाण: प्रत्तां प्रतिगृहाण मे ॥ १४ ॥
aham tvasrnavam vidvan vivahartham samudyatam atas tvam upakurvanah prattam pratigrhana me
- aham
- I
- tva
- you
- asrnavam
- heard
- vidvan
- O wise man
- vivaha-artham
- for the sake of marriage
- samudyatam
- prepared
- atah
- hence
- tvam
- you
- upakurvanah
- not taken a vow of perpetual celibacy
- prattam
- offered
- pratigrhana
- please accept
- me
- of me.
Svayambhuva Manu continued: O wise man, I heard that you were prepared to marry. Please accept her hand, which is being offered to you by me, since you have not taken a vow of perpetual celibacy.