विशापो द्वादशाब्दान्ते मैथुनाय समुद्यत: । विज्ञाप्य ब्राह्मणीशापं महिष्या स निवारित: ॥ ३७ ॥
visapo dvadasabdante maithunaya samudyatah vijnapya brahmani-sapam mahisya sa nivaritah
- visapah
- being released from the period of the curse
- dvadasa-abda-ante
- after twelve years
- maithunaya
- for sexual intercourse with his wife
- samudyatah
- when Saudasa was prepared to do it
- vijnapya
- reminding him about
- brahmani-sapam
- the curse given by the brahmani
- mahisya
- by the Queen
- sah
- he (the King)
- nivaritah
- checked.
After twelve years, when King Saudasa was released from the curse by Vasistha, he wanted to have sexual intercourse with his wife. But the Queen reminded him about the curse by the brahmani, and thus he was checked from sexual intercourse.