"O Rishi! Samvarana is the best of kings; you are (also) the best of all Rishis; Tapati is (surely) the best of all women; what else could be done but to bestow her (on Samvarana)?
वरः संवरणो राज्ञां त्वमृषीणां वरो मुने। तपती योषितां श्रेष्ठा किमन्यदपवर्जनात्॥