na tāṁ śekur nṛpā voḍhum
ajitvā sapta-go-vṛṣān
tīkṣṇa-śṛṅgān su-durdharṣān
vīrya-gandhāsahān khalān

 na - not; tām - her; śekuḥ - were able; nṛpāḥ - kings; voḍhum - to marry; ajitvā - without defeating; sapta - seven; go-vṛṣān - bulls; tīkṣṇa - sharp; śṛṅgān - whose horns; su - very; durdharṣān - uncontrollable; vīrya - of warriors; gandha - the smell; asahān - not tolerating; khalān - vicious.


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The kings who came as suitors were not allowed to marry her unless they could subdue seven sharp-horned bulls. These bulls were extremely vicious and uncontrollable, and they could not tolerate even the smell of warriors.

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