deve 'vará¹£ati kÄśīśaḥ
Å›vaphalkÄyÄgatÄya vai
sva-sutÄá¹ gÄṇdinÄ«á¹ prÄdÄt
tato 'vará¹£at sma kÄÅ›iá¹£u
deve - when the demigod, Lord Indra; avará¹£ati - had not been supplying rain; kÄśī-Ä«Å›aḥ - the King of Benares; Å›vaphalkÄya - to Åšvaphalka (AkrÅ«ra's father); ÄgatÄya - who had come; vai - certainly; sva - his own; sutÄm - daughter; gÄndinÄ«m - GÄndinÄ«; prÄdÄt - gave; tataḥ - then; avará¹£at - it rained; sma - indeed; kÄÅ›iá¹£u - in the kingdom of KÄśī.
[The elders said:] Previously, when Lord Indra had withheld rain from KÄsÄ« [Benares], the king of that city gave his daughter GÄndinÄ« to Åšvaphalka, who was then visiting him. It soon rained in the kingdom of KÄśī.
Åšvaphalka was AkrÅ«ra’s father, and the citizens felt that the son must have the same power as the father. ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« points out that because of AkrÅ«ra’s relationship with his maternal grandfather, the King of KÄśī, in a time of difficulty AkrÅ«ra went to that city.
