na tāḿ śekur nṛpā voḍhum

ajitvā sapta-go-vṛṣān

tīkṣṇa-śṛńgān su-durdharṣān

vīrya-gandhāsahān khalān

na -- not; tam -- her; sekuh -- were able; nripah -- kings; vodhum -- to marry; ajitva -- without defeating; sapta -- seven; go-vrishan -- bulls; tikshna -- sharp; sringan -- whose horns; su -- very; durdharshan -- uncontrollable; virya -- of warriors; gandha -- the smell; asahan -- not tolerating; khalan -- 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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