प्रश्रयावनतोऽभ्याह प्रजाकामस्ततो मुनिम् ॥२२॥
evaá¹ vikalpito rÄjan
viduá¹£Ä muninÄpi saḥ
praÅ›rayÄvanato 'bhyÄha
prajÄ-kÄmas tato munim
evam - thus; vikalpitaḥ - questioned; rÄjan - O King ParÄ«ká¹£it; viduá¹£Ä - greatly learned; muninÄ - by the philosopher; api - although; saḥ - he (King Citraketu); praÅ›raya-avanataḥ - being bent low due to humility; abhyÄha - replied; prajÄ-kÄmaḥ - desiring offspring; tataḥ - thereafter; munim - to the great sage.
Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: O King ParÄ«ká¹£it, although the great sage Aá¹…girÄ knew everything, he inquired from the King in this way. Thus King Citraketu, desiring a son, bent low in great humility and spoke to the great sage as follows.
Since the face is the index to the mind, a saintly person can study the condition of one’s mind by seeing his face. When Aá¹…girÄ á¹šá¹£i remarked about the King’s discolored face, King Citraketu explained the cause of his anxiety as follows.
