The princess, O excellent king, communicated this to her mother. The mother said to the daughter that stood before her with downcast eyes You should, O my daughter, secure a favour for me also from your husband. That sage of austere penances is competent to grant a boon to me, the boon, viz., of the birth of a son to mc.
मात्रे तत् सर्वमाचख्यौ सा कन्या राजसत्तम। अथ तामब्रवीन्माता सुतां किंचिदवाङ्मुखी॥ ममापि पुत्रि भर्ता ते प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हति। अपत्यस्य प्रदानेन समर्थश्च महातपाः॥