saḥ - he, Saubhari Muni; vicintya - thinking to himself; apriyam - not liked; strīṇām - by the women; jaraṭhaḥ - being infirm because of old age; aham - I; asat-mataḥ - not desired by them; valī - wrinkled; palitaḥ - grey-haired; ejat-kaḥ - with the head always trembling; iti - in this way; aham - I; pratyudāhṛtaḥ - rejected (by them); sādhayiṣye - I shall act in such a way; tathā - as; ātmānam - my body; sura-strīṇām - to the celestial women of the heavenly planets; abhīpsitam - desirable; kim - what to speak of; punaḥ - yet; manuja-indrāṇām - of the daughters of worldly kings; iti - in this way; vyavasitaḥ - determined; prabhuḥ - Saubhari, the greatly powerful mystic.

Saubhari Muni thought: I am now feeble because of old age. My hair has become grey, my skin is slack, and my head always trembles. Besides, I am a yogī. Therefore women do not like me. Since the King has thus rejected me, I shall reform my body in such a way as to be desirable even to celestial women, what to speak of the daughters of worldly kings.