Formerly, O son, I was engaged in the practice of penances on the breast of the mountains of Meru for getting son. It is this very hymn that was recited by me.
पुरा पुत्र मया मेरौ तप्यता परमं तपः। पुत्रहेतोर्महाराजस्तव एषोऽनुकीर्तितः॥