भार्याशतेन निर्विण्ण ऋषयोऽस्य कृपालव: । इष्टिं स्म वर्तयांचक्रुरैन्द्रीं ते सुसमाहिता: ॥ २६ ॥
bharya-satena nirvinna rsayo ’sya krpalavah istim sma vartayam cakrur aindrim te susamahitah
- bharya-satena
- with one hundred wives
- nirvinnah
- very morose
- rsayah
- the sages (in the forest)
- asya
- upon him
- krpalavah
- very merciful
- istim
- a ritualistic ceremony
- sma
- in the past
- vartayam cakruh
- began to execute
- aindrim
- known as an Indra-yajna
- te
- all of them
- su-samahitah
- being very careful and attentive.
Although Yuvanasva went into the forest with his one hundred wives, all of them were very morose. The sages in the forest, however, being very kind to the King, began very carefully and attentively performing an Indra-yajna so that the King might have a son.