प्रत्तां दुहितरं सम्राट् सदृक्षाय गतव्यथ: । उपगुह्य च बाहुभ्यामौत्कण्ठ्योन्मथिताशय: ॥ २४ ॥
prattam duhitaram samrat sadrksaya gata-vyathah upaguhya ca bahubhyam autkanthyonmathitasayah
- prattam
- who was given
- duhitaram
- daughter
- samrat
- the Emperor (Manu)
- sadrksaya
- unto a suitable person
- gata-vyathah
- relieved of his responsibility
- upaguhya
- embracing
- ca
- and
- bahubhyam
- with his two arms
- autkanthya-unmathita-asayah
- having an anxious and agitated mind.
Thus relieved of his responsibility by handing over his daughter to a suitable man, Svayambhuva Manu, his mind agitated by feelings of separation, embraced his affectionate daughter with both his arms.