Text 7

SB 9.15.7

Text

ity uktas tan-mataṁ jñātvā
gataḥ sa varuṇāntikam
ānīya dattvā tān aśvān
upayeme varānanām

Synonyms

iti—thus; uktah—having been requested; tat-matam—his mind; jnatva—(the sage) could understand; gatah—went; saḥ—he; varuna-antikam—to the place of Varuṇa; aniya—having brought; dattvā—and after delivering; tan—those; aśvān—horses; upayeme—married; vara-ananam—the beautiful daughter of King Gādhi. 

Translation

When King Gādhi made this demand, the great sage Ṛcīka could understand the King’s mind. Therefore he went to the demigod Varuṇa and brought from him the one thousand horses that Gādhi had demanded. After delivering these horses, the sage married the King’s beautiful daughter. 

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