स होवाच मधुच्छन्दाः सार्धं पञ्चाशता ततः ।
यन्नो भवान्सञ्जानीते तस्मिंस्तिष्ठामहे वयम् ॥ ३४ ॥
sah-the middle son of Visvamitra; ha-indeed; uvaca-said; madhucchandah-Madhucchanda; sardham-with; pancasata-the second fifty of the sons known as the Madhucchandas; tatah-then, after the first half were thus cursed; yat-what; nah-unto us; bhavan-O father; sanjanite-as you please; tasmin-in that; tisthamahe-shall remain; vayam-all of us.
When the elder Madhucchandas were cursed, the younger fifty, along with Madhucchanda himself, approached their father and agreed to accept his proposal. "Dear father," they said, "we shall abide by whatever arrangement you like."