Then taking that best of gems, the hero tried to fix it on this finger, but it did not enter into it. (Another meaning is, “But fearing discovery on account of the brilliance of the jewel, he desisted").
प्रतिगृह्य ततो वीरो मणिरत्नमनुत्तमम्। अङ्गुल्या योजयामास नह्यस्य प्राभवद्भुजः॥