वीर्यशुल्केति मे कन्या स्थापितेयमयोनिजा। भूतलादुत्थितां तां तु वर्धमानां ममात्मजाम्॥ वरयामासुरागत्य राजानो मुनिपुङ्गव। तेषां वरयतां कन्यां सर्वेषां पृथिवीक्षिताम्॥ वीर्यशुल्केति भगवन् न ददामि सुतामहम्। ततः सर्वे नृपतयः समेत्य मुनिपुङ्गव॥ मिथिलामप्युपागम्य वीर्यं जिज्ञासवस्तदा।
vīryaśulketi me kanyā sthāpiteyamayonijā| bhūtalādutthitāṃ tāṃ tu vardhamānāṃ mamātmajām|| varayāmāsurāgatya rājāno munipuṅgava| teṣāṃ varayatāṃ kanyāṃ sarveṣāṃ pṛthivīkṣitām|| vīryaśulketi bhagavan na dadāmi sutāmaham| tataḥ sarve nṛpatayaḥ sametya munipuṅgava|| mithilāmapyupāgamya vīryaṃ jijñāsavastadā|
English Meaning
Unsprung from the usual source, she was then established here as my daughter, whose hand must be obtained by bending the bow. And, O foremost of ascetics, many a king, coming here, had saught to obtain my growing daughter arisen from the earth. But, O worshipful one, in consideration of her being one whose dower must be prowess in bending the bow, I would not bestow my daughter upon those lords of earth seeking for the kings in a body began to flock to Mithila, desirous of being acquainted with the strength of the bow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)