Thus addressed by Partha, king Babhruvahana of great intelligence, with tearful eyes, said these words to his father, 'O you who are conversant with every duty, I shall certainly go, at your command, to the great Horse-Sacrifice, and take upon myself the task of distributing food among the twice-born ones!
इत्येवमुक्तः पार्थन स राजा बभ्रुवाहनः। उवाच पितरं धीमानिदमस्राविलेक्षणः॥ उपयास्यामि धर्मज्ञ भवतः शासनादहम्। अश्वमेधे महायज्ञे द्विजातिपरिवेषकः॥