दुहितुस्तद् वच: श्रुत्वा शर्यातिर्जातसाध्वस: । मुनिं प्रसादयामास वल्मीकान्तर्हितं शनै: ॥ ८ ॥
duhitus tad vacah srutva saryatir jata-sadhvasah munim prasadayam asa valmikantarhitam sanaih
- duhituh
- of his daughter
- tat vacah
- that statement
- srutva
- after hearing
- saryatih
- King Saryati
- jata-sadhvasah
- becoming afraid
- munim
- unto Cyavana Muni
- prasadayam asa
- tried to appease
- valmika-antarhitam
- who was sitting within the hole of the earthworm
- sanaih
- gradually.
After hearing this statement by his daughter, King Saryati was very much afraid. In various ways, he tried to appease Cyavana Muni, for it was he who sat within the hole of the earthworm.