एवं ब्रुवाणं पितरं स्मयमाना शुचिस्मिता । उवाच तात जामाता तवैष भृगुनन्दन: ॥ २२ ॥
evam bruvanam pitaram smayamana suci-smita uvaca tata jamata tavaisa bhrgu-nandanah
- evam
- in this way
- bruvanam
- who was talking and chastising her
- pitaram
- unto her father
- smayamana
- smiling (because she was chaste)
- suci-smita
- laughingly
- uvaca
- replied
- tata
- O my dear father
- jamata
- son-in-law
- tava
- your
- esah
- this young man
- bhrgu-nandanah
- is Cyavana Muni (and no one else).
Sukanya, however, being very proud of her chastity, smiled upon hearing the rebukes of her father. She smilingly told him, My dear father, this young man by my side is your actual son-in-law, the great sage Cyavana, who was born in the family of Bhrgu