लब्ध्वा तु च्यवनो भार्यां वयोरूपं च वाञ्छितम् ॥
हृष्टो ऽब्रवीन् महातेजास् तौ नासत्याव् इदं वचः ॥
यथाहं रूपसंपन्नो वयसा च समन्वितः ॥
कृतो भवद्भ्यां वृद्धः सन् भार्यां च प्राप्तवान् इमाम् ॥
तस्माद् युवां करिष्यामि प्रीत्याहं सोमपीथिनौ ॥
मिषतो देवराजस्य सत्यम् एतद् ब्रवीमि वाम् ॥
तच् छ्रुत्वा हृष्टमनसौ दिवं तौ प्रतिजग्मतुः ॥
च्यवनो ऽपि सुकन्या च सुराव् इव विजह्रतुः ॥
labdhvā tu cyavano bhāryāṃ vayorūpaṃ ca vāñchitam ||
hṛṣṭo 'bravīn mahātejās tau nāsatyāv idaṃ vacaḥ ||
yathāhaṃ rūpasaṃpanno vayasā ca samanvitaḥ ||
kṛto bhavadbhyāṃ vṛddhaḥ san bhāryāṃ ca prāptavān imām ||
tasmād yuvāṃ kariṣyāmi prītyāhaṃ somapīthinau ||
miṣato devarājasya satyam etad bravīmi vām ||
tac chrutvā hṛṣṭamanasau divaṃ tau pratijagmatuḥ ||
cyavano 'pi sukanyā ca surāv iva vijahratuḥ ||
Having obtained his wife, and the age and beauty he desired, the greatly radiant Chyavana joyfully said this to the Nasatyas: 'Since you have made me, an old man, handsome and young, and I have obtained this wife, I shall, out of love, make you drinkers of soma before the eyes of the king of the gods. I speak this truth to you.' Hearing this, they returned to heaven with joyful hearts, while Chyavana and Sukanya rejoiced like two gods.
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The Ashvins' gift does not remain a private benefit. Chyavana responds with a promise to restore their place in the sacrificial order, showing that gratitude must become action.