स होवाच -- तथा नस् त्वम् गौतम मापराधास् तव च पितामहाः । यथेयं विद्येतः पूर्वं न कस्मिंश् चन ब्राह्मन उवास । तां त्व् अहं तुभ्यं वक्ष्यामि । को हि त्वैवं ब्रुवन्तम् अर्हति प्रत्याख्यातुम् इति
sa hovāca -- tathā nas tvam gautama māparādhās tava ca pitāmahāḥ | yatheyaṃ vidyetaḥ pūrvaṃ na kasmiṃś cana brāhmana uvāsa | tāṃ tv ahaṃ tubhyaṃ vakṣyāmi | ko hi tvaivaṃ bruvantam arhati pratyākhyātum iti
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
The king said: ‘ Do not be offended with us, neither you nor your forefathers, because this knowledge has before now never dwelt with any Br&h- ma/za. But I shall tell it to you, for who could refuse you when you speak thus?
Translated by F. Max MüllerFrom an unproofread scan of the printed edition; spelling and line breaks may carry OCR errors.