सूत उवाच व्याहर्तुकामे वरदे नृपे द्विजं; वरं वृणीष्वेति ततो ऽभ्युवाच होता वाक्यं नातिहृष्टान्तरात्मा; कर्मण्य् अस्मिंस् तक्षको नैति तावत्
sūta uvāca vyāhartukāme varade nṛpe dvijaṃ; varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti tato 'bhyuvāca hotā vākyaṃ nātihṛṣṭāntarātmā; karmaṇy asmiṃs takṣako naiti tāvat
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.