तत्र श्रद्धा मनो: पत्नी होतारं समयाचत । दुहित्रर्थमुपागम्य प्रणिपत्य पयोव्रता ॥ १४ ॥
tatra sraddha manoh patni hotaram samayacata duhitrartham upagamya pranipatya payovrata
- tatra
- in that sacrifice
- sraddha
- Sraddha
- manoh
- of Manu
- patni
- the wife
- hotaram
- to the priest performing the yajna
- samayacata
- begged properly
- duhitr-artham
- for a daughter
- upagamya
- coming near
- pranipatya
- offering obeisances
- payah-vrata
- who was observing the vow of drinking only milk.
During that sacrifice, Sraddha, Manu’s wife, who was observing the vow of subsisting only by drinking milk, approached the priest offering the sacrifice, offered obeisances to him and begged for a daughter.