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yamunantar-jale magnas

 tapyamanah param tapah

nirvrtim mina-rajasya

 drstva maithuna-dharminah

 

jata-sprho nrpam viprah

 kanyam ekam ayacata

so ’py aha grhyatam brahman

 kamam kanya svayamvare

 

Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 

 

Saubhari Rsi was engaged in austerity, deep in the water of the river Yamuna, when he saw a pair of fish engaged in sexual affairs. Thus he perceived the pleasure of sex life, and induced by this desire he went to King Mandhata and begged for one of the King’s daughters. In response to this request, the King said, “O brahmana, any of my daughters may accept any husband according to her personal selection.”

 

Purport by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada: 

 

This is the beginning of the story of Saubhari Rsi. According to Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura, Mandhata was the king of Mathura, and Saubhari Rsi was engaged in austerity while submerged deep within the river Yamuna. When the rsi felt sexual desire, he emerged from the water and went to King Mandhata to ask that one of the King’s daughters become his wife.