Desirous of doing what was agreeable to him, his chaste daughter-in-law then, bearing her share of the barley, approached him and said, Through your son, O learned Brahmana, I shall obtain a son. Do you, therefore, take my share of the barley and give it to this guest.
तं वै वधूः स्थिता साध्वी ब्राह्मणप्रियकाम्यया। सक्तूनादाय संहृष्टा श्वशुरं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ संतानात् तव संतानं मम विप्र भविष्यति। सक्तूनिमानतिथये गृहीत्वा सम्प्रयच्छ मे॥