जाये उत्तानपादस्य सुनीति: सुरुचिस्तयो: । सुरुचि: प्रेयसी पत्युर्नेतरा यत्सुतो ध्रुव: ॥ ८ ॥
jaye uttanapadasya sunitih surucis tayoh surucih preyasi patyur netara yat-suto dhruvah
- jaye
- of the two wives
- uttanapadasya
- of King Uttanapada
- sunitih
- Suniti
- surucih
- Suruci
- tayoh
- of both of them
- surucih
- Suruci
- preyasi
- very dear
- patyuh
- of the husband
- na itara
- not the other
- yat
- whose
- sutah
- son
- dhruvah
- Dhruva.
King Uttanapada had two queens, named Suniti and Suruci. Suruci was much more dear to the King; Suniti, who had a son named Dhruva, was not his favorite.