एवं विकल्पितो राजन् विदुषा मुनिनापि सः ।
प्रश्रयावनतो ऽभ्याह प्रजाकामस्ततो मुनिम् ॥ २२ ॥
evam-thus; vikalpitah-questioned; rajan-O King Pariksit; vidusa-greatly learned; munina-by the philosopher; api-although; sah-he (King Citraketu); prasraya-avanatah-being bent low due to humility; abhyaha-replied; praja-kamah-desiring offspring; tatah-thereafter; munim-to the great sage.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King
Pariksit, although the great sage Aṅgira 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 Aṅgira
Rsi remarked about the King's discolored face, King
Citraketu explained the cause of his anxiety as follows.