एवं विकल्पितो राजन् विदुषा मुनिनापि स: । प्रश्रयावनतोऽभ्याह प्रजाकामस्ततो मुनिम् ॥ २२ ॥
evam vikalpito rajan vidusa muninapi sah prasrayavanato ’bhyaha praja-kamas tato munim
- evam
- thus
- vikalpitah
- questioned
- rajan
- O King Pariksit
- vidusa
- greatly learned
- munina
- by the philosopher
- api
- although
- sah
- he (King Citraketu)
- prasraya-avanatah
- being bent low due to humility
- abhyaha
- replied
- praja-kamah
- desiring offspring
- tatah
- thereafter
- munim
- to the great sage.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King Pariksit, although the great sage Angira knew everything, he inquired from the King in this way. Thus King Citraketu, desiring a son, bent low in great humility and spoke to the great sage as follows.