आचार्यानुग्रहात् कामं लब्ध्वा पुंस्त्वं व्यवस्थया । पालयामास जगतीं नाभ्यनन्दन् स्म तं प्रजा: ॥ ४० ॥
acaryanugrahat kamam labdhva pumstvam vyavasthaya palayam asa jagatim nabhyanandan sma tam prajah
- acarya-anugrahat
- by the mercy of the spiritual master
- kamam
- desired
- labdhva
- having achieved
- pumstvam
- maleness
- vyavasthaya
- by this settlement of Lord Siva
- palayam asa
- he ruled
- jagatim
- the whole world
- na abhyanandan sma
- were not satisfied with
- tam
- to the king
- prajah
- the citizens.
Thus being favored by the spiritual master, according to the words of Lord Siva, Sudyumna regained his desired maleness every alternate month and in this way ruled the kingdom, although the citizens were not satisfied with this.