इत्युक्तस्तन्मतं ज्ञात्वा गत: स वरुणान्तिकम् । आनीय दत्त्वा तानश्वानुपयेमे वराननाम् ॥ ७ ॥
ity uktas tan-matam jnatva gatah sa varunantikam aniya dattva tan asvan upayeme varananam
- iti
- thus
- uktah
- having been requested
- tat-matam
- his mind
- jnatva
- (the sage) could understand
- gatah
- went
- sah
- he
- varuna-antikam
- to the place of Varuna
- aniya
- having brought
- dattva
- and after delivering
- tan
- those
- asvan
- horses
- upayeme
- married
- vara-ananam
- the beautiful daughter of King Gadhi.
When King Gadhi made this demand, the great sage Rcika could understand the King’s mind. Therefore he went to the demigod Varuna and brought from him the one thousand horses that Gadhi had demanded. After delivering these horses, the sage married the King’s beautiful daughter.