The Gandharva said : Having said this, that faultless (maiden) soon ascended the skies; on this the king again fell down on the ground.

In searching that best of kings, that monarch's ministers and attendants saw him there in that state in the great forest.

Seeing that excellent king, that great bowman, lying forsaken on the ground like a rain bow dropped from the sky, his chief minister became like one brunt by a flame of fire. Coming hastily to him with affection and respect,

As a father rises up the son fallen (on the ground) he raised up the king, lying senseless on the ground having been deprived of his senses by desire.

Old the wisdom as in age and in achievements as in policy, the minister became easy of mind when he raised him up.

He spoke to him these words, both sweet and beneficial, “O best of men, do not fear, O sinless one,, be blessed."

The minister through the king, that destroyer of hostile forces, had been lying on the ground being overcome with hunger, thirst and fatigue.

He sprinkled on the crewless head of the king cold water fragrant, with the perfume of lotus.

Thereupon, the mighty king regained his consciousness; he then sent away all his attendants except that one minister.

When that large number of attendants had gone away at the command of the king, the king again sat down on the mountain breast.

Then the king becoming pure and folding his hands, worshipped Surya with his face turned upwards on that best of mountains.

That chastiser of foes, the king Samvarana, also mentally thought of his priest, that excellent Rishi, Vasishtha.

The king remained there four days and nights without intermission; and on the twelfth day the Brahmana Rishi (Vasishtha) came to him.

That great self-controlled Rishi knew by his ascetic power that the king's heart was stolen by Tapati.

As soon as that virtuous-minded and the best of Rishis knew this, he became desirous of benefiting the king and gave him his assurances.

In the very sight of the king, the illustrious Rishi ascended the sky in order to see Surya, he himself being as effulgent as that luminary.

Thereupon, the Brahmana (Vasishtha) came with joined hands to the deity of one thousand rays and he then introduced himself by saying, “I am Vasishtha."

Then the greatly effulgent Vivasvata thus spoke to that excellent Brahmana, "O great Rishi, welcome to you. Tell me what is your desire.

O greatly fortunate man, O foremost of all eloquent men, whatever you desire to have, I shall give you however difficult it may be to give."

Having been thus addressed after duly bowing down his head to him the Rishi Vasishtha of great ascetic merit, thus replied to Vivasvata.

Vasishtha said: O Vivasvata, I ask to you for Samvarana your daughter, named Tapati, the younger sister of Savitri.

He (Samvarana) is a mighty king with great achievements; he is learned in the mysteries of religion and he is high-minded. O ranger of sky, Samvarana is the fittest husband for your daughter.

The Gandharva said : Having been thus addressed, Divakara (Surya) resolved upon bestowing (his daughter on Samvarana) and saluting the Rishi thus replied,

"O Rishi! Samvarana is the best of kings; you are (also) the best of all Rishis; Tapati is (surely) the best of all women; what else could be done but to bestow her (on Samvarana)?

Then Tapana himself gave to the illustrious Vasishtha (his daughter) Tapati of perfectly faultless features, so that she might be bestowed on Samvarana.

The great Rishi Vivasvata accepted that maiden Tapati and taking leave of Surya he came back to the place,

Where that best of the Kurus, the king of celebrated achievements, was. That king who had been possessed of desire and whose heart was completely fixed on her (Tapati)

Became exceedingly glad on seeing that celestials maiden Tapati of sweet smiles led towards him by Vasishtha.

That maiden of fair eye-brows came down from the sky as lighting comes down from the clouds illuminating the ten points of heaven.

The illustrious Rishi of pure soul Vasishtha came to that king when his vow of the twelfth night was over.

Thus Samvarana obtained (Tapati) as his wife by worshipping the propitious lord (Surya) by ascetic penances and by the help of the great effulgence of Vasishtha.

That best of kings accepted the hands of Tapati in due form on the breast of that mountain frequented by the celestials and the Gandharvas.

The royal sage (Samvarana) with the permission of Vasishtha desired to sport with his wife on that mountain.

He ordered the minister to rule over his capital, his kingdom, his woods and forests.

Then bidding farewell to the king, Vasishtha left him and went away. Thereupon, the king sported on that mountain like a celestials.

The king sported with his wife in the woods and forests on that mountain for twelve (long) years.

O descendant of Bharata, for those twelve years the god of one thousand eyes (Indra) did nor pour any rains on the capital and the kingdom of that king.

O chastiser of foes, when that season of draught commenced, all the people together with plants, corns and animals began to die.

During that terrible season (of draught) not even a drop of dew fell on the earth and (consequently) no corn was grown.

Thereupon the people, affected with the fear of hunger, left their houses in despair and fled in all directions.

The famished people of the city and the country abandoned their wives and children and grew reckless of one another.

The people being affected with hunger and starvation, became like dead skeletons, and the city looked like the land of the king of the dead full of ghostly beings.

Thereupon, seeing the kingdom in such a state, the illustrious Rishi, the best of ascetics. the virtuous-minded Vasishtha, thought of remedying the evil.

O king, he brought back that best of kings (Samvarana) with his wife (Tapati) to that city, after he had passed many years with her.

When that best of kings again entered his capital, the state of things became as before, the god of one thousand years, the slayer of Asuras, poured rain in abundance; and he caused corn to grow. Thus being revived by that virtuous-minded and that best of kings (Samvarana), the capital and the country became exceedingly glad.

Thereupon the king with his wife Tapati performed sacrifices for twelve years, as Indra did with (his wife) Shachi.

O Partha, this is the history of the greatly blessed Tapati of old, the daughter of Vivasvata, It is for her you are Tapatya.

O Arjuna, the king Samvarana beget on Tapati a son, named Kuru. Born in the race of Tapati, you are called Tapatya.