He desired to know whether he was willing to give her in marriage. The chief of the fishermen replied to the king saying, “As soon as that best of beautiful girls was born it, it was understood by me that she should be bestowed (on some one). But, О king, hear the desire that I have in my heart.
पर्यपृच्छत् ततस्तस्याः पितरं सोऽऽत्मकारणात्। स च तं प्रत्युवाचेदं दाशराजो महीपतिम्॥ जातमात्रैव मे देया वराय वरवर्णिनी। हृदि कामस्तु मे कश्चित् तं निबोध जनेश्वर॥