Kanva said Among the gods, among those born in the Daitya race, among the Gandharvas and among human beings there was none who pleased him enough t be made the husband of his daughter. The same was the case with the numerous Rishis.
कण्व उवाच न देवान् नैव दितिजान् न गन्धर्वान् न मानुषान्। अरोचयद् वरकृते तथैव बहुलानृषीन्॥