जनको ह वैदेह आसां चक्रे । अथ ह याज्ञवल्क्य आवव्राज । तं होवाच -- याज्ञवल्क्य किम् अर्थम् अचारीः पशून् इच्छन् अण्वन्तानीति । उभयम् एव संराड् इति होवाच
janako ha vaideha āsāṃ cakre | atha ha yājñavalkya āvavrāja | taṃ hovāca -- yājñavalkya kim artham acārīḥ paśūn icchan aṇvantānīti | ubhayam eva saṃrāḍ iti hovāca
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
When kanaka Vaideha was sitting (to give audience), Y ^»avalkya approached, and Ganaka Vaideha said: ‘ Y a^avalkya, for what object did you come, wishing for cattle, or for subtle questions?’ Yd^wavalkya replied: ‘ For both, Your Majesty;
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.