स ऋषि: प्रार्थित: पत्न्या श्वश्र्वा चापत्यकाम्यया । श्रपयित्वोभयैर्मन्त्रैश्चरुं स्नातुं गतो मुनि: ॥ ८ ॥
sa rsih prarthitah patnya svasrva capatya-kamyaya srapayitvobhayair mantrais carum snatum gato munih
- sah
- he (Rcika)
- rsih
- the great saint
- prarthitah
- being requested
- patnya
- by his wife
- svasrva
- by his mother-in-law
- ca
- also
- apatya-kamyaya
- desiring a son
- srapayitva
- after cooking
- ubhayaih
- both
- mantraih
- by chanting particular mantras
- carum
- a preparation for offering in a sacrifice
- snatum
- to bathe
- gatah
- went out
- munih
- the great sage.
Thereafter, Rcika Muni’s wife and mother-in-law, each desiring a son, requested the Muni to prepare an oblation. Thus Rcika Muni prepared one oblation for his wife with a brahmana mantra and another for his mother-in-law with a ksatriya mantra. Then he went out to bathe.