तां नर्मदोत्तरतटे हयमेधशाला- मासेदुषि त्वयि रुचा तव रुद्धनेत्रै: । भास्वान् किमेष दहनो नु सनत्कुमारो योगी नु कोऽयमिति शुक्रमुखैश्शशङ्के ॥८॥
तांthatनर्मदा-उत्तरतटेon the northern bank of the Narmadaa (river)हयमेध-शालाम्-(that) venue of the Ashvamedha Yanjyaआसेदुषि त्वयिwhen Thou reachedरुचा तवby Thy brillianceरुद्ध-नेत्रै:with their eyes dazzledभास्वान् किम्-एषIs this Sun?'दहन: नुor Agni?'सनत्कुमार: योगी नुor Yogi Sanatkumaara?'क:-अयम्-इतिwho is this?'शुक्रमुखै:-by Shukra and othersशशङ्केit was doubted
Thou reached the venue of the Ashvamedha Yanjya on the northern bank of the Narmadaa river. By Thy brilliance the eyes of Shukra and others were dazzled and they wondered if it was the Sun or Agni or the Sage Sanat Kumaara, who was he?