एष मे शिष्यतां प्राप्तो यन्मे दुहितुरग्रहीत् । पाणिं विप्राग्निमुखत: सावित्र्या इव साधुवत् ॥ ११ ॥
esa me sisyatam prapto yan me duhitur agrahit panim vipragni-mukhatah savitrya iva sadhuvat
- esah
- he (Siva)
- me
- my
- sisyatam
- subordinate position
- praptah
- accepted
- yat
- because
- me duhituh
- of my daughter
- agrahit
- he took
- panim
- the hand
- vipra-agni
- of brahmanas and fire
- mukhatah
- in the presence
- savitryah
- Gayatri
- iva
- like
- sadhuvat
- like an honest person.
He has already accepted himself as my subordinate by marrying my daughter in the presence of fire and brahmanas. He has married my daughter, who is equal to Gayatri, and has pretended to be just like an honest person.