O best of the Bharata race, that greatly powerful hero married the two beautiful twindaughters of the king of Kashi. That best of men made an engagement in secret with his two wives, namely that he would equally love them both, and that he would never show a preference for any of them. Like a mighty elephant in the company of two femaleelephants, or like the ocean in his personified form in the company of the Ganga and the Yamuna, that lord of the earth passed his days in joy in the company of his two wives, both of whom suited him well. His youth passed away in the enjoyment of his wealth.
स काशिराजस्य सुते यमजे भरतर्षभ। उपयेमे महावीर्यो रूपद्रविणसंयुते। तयोश्चकार समयं मिथः स पुरुषर्षभः॥ नातिवर्तिष्य इत्येवं पत्नीभ्यां संनिधौ तदा। स ताभ्यां शुशुभे राजा पत्नीभ्यां वसुधाधिपः॥ प्रियाभ्यामनुरूपाभ्यां करेणुभ्यामिव द्विपः। तयोर्मध्यगतश्चापि रराज वसुधाधिपः॥ गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये मूर्तिमानिव सागरः। विषयेषु निमग्नस्य तस्य यौवनमभ्यगात्॥