Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa
Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga
तस्य पत्नी गले बद्ध्वा मध्यमंपुत्रमौरसम् / शिष्टानां भरणार्थाय व्यक्रीणाद्गोशतेन वै
tasya patnī gale baddhvā madhyamaṃputramaurasam / śiṣṭānāṃ bharaṇārthāya vyakrīṇādgośatena vai
His wife bound their middle-born true son by the neck and, to provide sustenance for the righteous, sold him for a hundred cows.