This horse-sacrifice is enjoined by the family priests; and I have myself heard the following story celebrated in ancient chronicle. And what the worshipful Sanatkumāra had said formerly in the presence of the saints, applies, O king, to the case of your having a son.
ऋत्विग्भिरुपदिष्टोऽयं पुरावृत्तो मया श्रुतः। सनत्कुमारो भगवान् पूर्वं कथितवान् कथाम्॥ ऋषीणां संनिधौ राजंस्तव पुत्रागमं प्रति।