स एव विभवो ऽस्माकम् अश्वानाम् अपि गालव ॥
अहम् अप्य् एकम् एवास्यां जनयिष्यामि पार्थिवम् ॥
नारद उवाच
तथेत्य् उक्त्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठः प्रादात् कन्यां महीपतेः ॥
विधिपूर्वं च तां राजा कन्यां प्रतिगृहीतवान् ॥
रेमे स तस्यां राजर्षिः प्रभावत्यां यथा रविः ॥
स्वाहायां च यथा वह्निर् यथा शच्यां स वासवः ॥
यथा चन्द्रश् च रोहिण्यां यथा धूमोर्णया यमः ॥
वरुणश् च यथा गौर्यां यथा चर्द्ध्यां धनेश्वरः ॥
यथा नारायणो लक्ष्म्यां जाह्नव्यां च यथोदधिः ॥
यथा रुद्रश् च रुद्राण्यां यथा वेद्यां पितामहः ॥
sa eva vibhavo 'smākam aśvānām api gālava ||
aham apy ekam evāsyāṃ janayiṣyāmi pārthivam ||
nārada uvāca
tathety uktvā dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ prādāt kanyāṃ mahīpateḥ ||
vidhipūrvaṃ ca tāṃ rājā kanyāṃ pratigṛhītavān ||
reme sa tasyāṃ rājarṣiḥ prabhāvatyāṃ yathā raviḥ ||
svāhāyāṃ ca yathā vahnir yathā śacyāṃ sa vāsavaḥ ||
yathā candraś ca rohiṇyāṃ yathā dhūmorṇayā yamaḥ ||
varuṇaś ca yathā gauryāṃ yathā carddhyāṃ dhaneśvaraḥ ||
yathā nārāyaṇo lakṣmyāṃ jāhnavyāṃ ca yathodadhiḥ ||
yathā rudraś ca rudrāṇyāṃ yathā vedyāṃ pitāmahaḥ ||
'O Galava, our wealth in horses is the same. And I too shall beget from her a single royal son.' Narada said: 'Having said, "So be it," the best of the twice-born gave the maiden to the lord of the earth, and the king received her with due ceremony. This royal sage took delight in her as the Sun does with Prabhavati, as Agni with Svaha, as Vasava with Shachi, as the Moon with Rohini, as Yama with Dhumorna, as Varuna with Gauri, as Kubera with Riddhi, as Narayana with Lakshmi, as the ocean with Jahnavi, as Rudra with Rudrani, and as the Grandsire with Vedi.'
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Divodasa accepts the condition directly, without evasion: he can give only one son and the corresponding share of horses. The long series of sacred pairs shows that the union with Madhavi is described not as mere pleasure but as an act embedded in the order of lineage, sacrifice, and cosmic continuity.