I wished to protect, from Surya's curse, the Brahmana who had done no evil. I, therefore, said, 'Let me have a son like you, O god.'
तमहं रक्षती विप्रं शापादनपकारिणम्। पुत्रो मे त्वत्समो देव भवेदिति ततोऽब्रवम्॥