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Library: King spends 12 years with Tapati bringing draught to the kingdom.
Vasiṣṭha said.
This is Tapatī by name, daughter of Savitṛ; I choose her for you, O Agni, for the sake of Saṃvaraṇa.
He is indeed King Saṁvaraṇa, of great fame, learned in dharma and artha, noble-minded, and endowed with virtues, the husband of your daughter, O bird.
The gandharva said.
After being thus addressed by him, the Sun, having resolved to give, greeted the sage and spoke to him.
Saṁvaraṇa is the best among kings, you are the best among sages, O sage. Tapatī is the best among women; what else is there except rejection?
Then the Sun himself gave his flawless, radiant daughter Tapatī to the great sage Vasiṣṭha for Saṃvaraṇa's sake. The sage accepted Tapatī as the maiden at that time.
Then Vasiṣṭha, having been released, again went to the place where he who was of renowned fame became the chief of the Kurus.
The king, overcome by love and with his heart set on her, saw the divine maiden Tapatī, radiant with a beautiful smile, accompanied by Vasiṣṭha, and shone with great joy.
When the twelve nights of penance of the king were completed, the pure-hearted sage Vasiṣṭha, the venerable one, arrived.
Saṃvaraṇa, by performing austerities and propitiating the boon-giving god, the lord of cows and supreme lord, obtained a wife through the power of Vasiṣṭha.
Then, on that best of mountains attended by gods and gandharvas, the best among men took Tapati's hand in marriage according to the prescribed rites.
Having been permitted by Vasiṣṭha, the royal sage desired to enjoy himself with his wife on that very mountain.
Then, the king gave orders to that very minister, both in the city and the kingdom, among the vehicles and the armies, at that time.
After Vasiṣṭha had given his permission to the king, he departed. The king too wandered on that mountain like a god.
Then, for twelve years, the king enjoyed himself with his wife on that mountain, in the forests and waters.
For twelve full years, in the city and throughout the kingdom of that king, Indra did not cause rain at all.
At that time, the city became like the city of the king of the dead, enveloped by men who were hungry, joyless, and corpse-like, as if surrounded by ghosts.
Then, seeing that, the venerable sage Vasiṣṭha, who was righteous-souled, approached the best of kings.
He brought him, the tiger among kings, to that city. O king, together with Tapatī, he dwelt there for twelve years.
Then, as before, when the destroyer of the enemies of the gods, that tiger among kings, entered the city again, everything was as it had been previously.
Then, the entire country and that city rejoiced with supreme joy, being honored by that noble-minded chief of kings.
Then, for twelve years, the king performed sacrifices again with his devoted wife Tapatyā, just as Indra, the lord of the Maruts, does.
Thus, there was the greatly fortunate Tapatī, a descendant of Pūru, by name. O Pārtha, you are known as the descendant of Tapatī, the Vaivasvatī.
Saṃvaraṇa the king begot Kuru in her. In Tapatī, the best among those who practice austerity, you are a descendant of Tapatī; from him came Arjuna.
