Looking at his daughter, that foremost of women possessing great beauty as that of a celestial maiden and splendour as that of the fire or the moon, the king considered, that for her beauty, splendour and fame, she is really worthy to be th y wife of those celestial beings.
तां चैवावयां स्त्रियमतिरूपयुक्तां दिव्यां साक्षात् सोमवह्निप्रकाशाम्। योग्यां तेषां रूपतेजोयशोभिः पत्नी मत्वा दृष्टवान् पार्थिवेन्द्रः॥