पुनः प्राप्ते वसन्ते तु पूर्णः संवत्सरोऽभवत्। प्रसवार्थं गतो यष्टुं हयमेधेन वीर्यवान्॥
punaḥ prāpte vasante tu pūrṇaḥ saṃvatsaro'bhavat| prasavārthaṃ gato yaṣṭuṃ hayamedhena vīryavān||
English Meaning
When after a full one year, spring had again appeared on the face of the earth, the puissant king, intent upon getting offspring through the horse-sacrifice, sough Vasistha's side.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)