तस्य सत्यवतीं कन्यामृचीकोऽयाचत द्विज: । वरं विसदृशं मत्वा गाधिर्भार्गवमब्रवीत् ॥ ५ ॥ एकत: श्यामकर्णानां हयानां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् । सहस्रं दीयतां शुल्कं कन्याया: कुशिका वयम् ॥ ६ ॥
tasya satyavatim kanyam rciko ’yacata dvijah varam visadrsam matva gadhir bhargavam abravit ekatah syama-karnanam hayanam candra-varcasam sahasram diyatam sulkam kanyayah kusika vayam
- tasya
- of Gadhi
- satyavatim
- Satyavati
- kanyam
- the daughter
- rcikah
- the great sage Rcika
- ayacata
- requested
- dvijah
- the brahmana
- varam
- as her husband
- visadrsam
- not equal or fit
- matva
- thinking like that
- gadhih
- King Gadhi
- bhargavam
- unto Rcika
- abravit
- replied
- ekatah
- by one
- syama-karnanam
- whose ear is black
- hayanam
- horses
- candra-varcasam
- as brilliant as the moonshine
- sahasram
- one thousand
- diyatam
- please deliver
- sulkam
- as a dowry
- kanyayah
- to my daughter
- kusikah
- in the family of Kusa
- vayam
- we (are)
King Gadhi had a daughter named Satyavati, whom a brahmana sage named Rcika requested from the King to be his wife. King Gadhi, however, regarded Rcika as an unfit husband for his daughter, and therefore he told the brahmana, “My dear sir, I belong to the dynasty of Kusa. Because we are aristocratic ksatriyas, you have to give some dowry for my daughter. Therefore, bring at least one thousand horses, each as brilliant as moonshine and each having one black ear, whether right or left.”