स होवाच मधुच्छन्दा: सार्धं पञ्चाशता तत: । यन्नो भवान् सञ्जानीते तस्मिंस्तिष्ठामहे वयम् ॥ ३४ ॥
sa hovaca madhucchandah sardham pancasata tatah yan no bhavan sanjanite tasmims tisthamahe vayam
- sah
- the middle son of Visvamitra
- ha
- indeed
- uvaca
- said
- madhucchandah
- Madhucchanda
- sardham
- with
- pancasata
- the second fifty of the sons known as the Madhucchandas
- tatah
- then, after the first half were thus cursed
- yat
- what
- nah
- unto us
- bhavan
- O father
- sanjanite
- as you please
- tasmin
- in that
- tisthamahe
- shall remain
- vayam
- all of us.
When the elder Madhucchandas were cursed, the younger fifty, along with Madhucchanda himself, approached their father and agreed to accept his proposal.