स ऋषिः प्रार्थितः पत्न्या श्वश्र्वा चापत्यकाम्यया ।
श्रपयित्वोभयैर्मन्त्रैश् चरुं स्नातुं गतो मुनिः ॥ ८ ॥
sa rsih prarthitah patnya
srapayitvobhayair mantrais
sah-he (Rcika); rsih-the great saint; prarthitah-being requested; patnya-by his wife; svasrva-by his mother-in-law; ca-also; apatya-kamyaya-desiring a son; srapayitva-after cooking; ubhayaih-both; mantraih-by chanting particular mantras; carum-a preparation for offering in a sacrifice; snatum-to bathe; gatah-went out; munih-the great sage.
Thereafter, Rcika Muni's wife and mother-in-law, each desiring a son, requested the Muni to prepare an oblation. Thus Rcika Muni prepared one oblation for his wife with a brahmana mantra and another for his mother-in-law with a ksatriya mantra. Then he went out to bathe.