कालकन्योदितवचो निशम्य यवनेश्वर: । चिकीर्षुर्देवगुह्यं स सस्मितं तामभाषत ॥ २७ ॥
kala-kanyodita-vaco nisamya yavanesvarah cikirsur deva-guhyam sa sasmitam tam abhasata
- kala-kanya
- by the daughter of Time
- udita
- expressed
- vacah
- words
- nisamya
- hearing
- yavana-isvarah
- the King of the Yavanas
- cikirsuh
- desiring to execute
- deva
- of providence
- guhyam
- confidential duty
- sah
- he
- sa-smitam
- smilingly
- tam
- her
- abhasata
- addressed.
After hearing the statement of Kalakanya, daughter of Time, the King of the Yavanas began to smile and devise a means for executing his confidential duty on behalf of providence. He then addressed Kalakanya as follows.