इदम् इति ह प्रतिजज्ञे । लोकान् वाव किल सोम्य ते ऽवोचन् । अहं तु ते तद् वक्ष्यामि यथा पुष्करपलाश आपो न श्लिष्यन्त एवम् एवंविदि पापं कर्म न श्लिष्यत इति । ब्रवीतु मे भगवान् इति । तस्मै होवाच
idam iti ha pratijajñe | lokān vāva kila somya te 'vocan | ahaṃ tu te tad vakṣyāmi yathā puṣkarapalāśa āpo na śliṣyanta evam evaṃvidi pāpaṃ karma na śliṣyata iti | bravītu me bhagavān iti | tasmai hovāca
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
He answered: 'This' (repeating some of what they had told him). The teacher said: 'My friend, they have taught you about the worlds, but I shall tell you this; and as water does not cling to a lotus leaf, so no evil deed clings to one who knows it.' He said: 'Sir, tell it me.'
Translated by F. Max Müller