तान् निरीक्ष्य वरारोहा सरूपान् सूर्यवर्चस: । अजानती पतिं साध्वी अश्विनौ शरणं ययौ ॥ १६ ॥
tan niriksya vararoha sarupan surya-varcasah ajanati patim sadhvi asvinau saranam yayau
- tan
- unto them
- niriksya
- after observing
- vara-aroha
- that beautiful Sukanya
- sa-rupan
- all of them equally beautiful
- surya-varcasah
- with a bodily effulgence like the effulgence of the sun
- ajanati
- not knowing
- patim
- her husband
- sadhvi
- that chaste woman
- asvinau
- unto the Asvini-kumaras
- saranam
- shelter
- yayau
- took.
The chaste and very beautiful Sukanya could not distinguish her husband from the two Asvini-kumaras, for they were equally beautiful. Not understanding who her real husband was, she took shelter of the Asvini-kumaras.