*अष्टक उवाच किं स्वित्कृत्वा लभते तात संज्ञां मर्त्यः श्रेष्ठां तपसा विद्यया वा । तन्मे पृष्टः शंस सर्वं यथावच् छुभांल्लोकान् येन गच्छेत्क्रमेण
*aṣṭaka uvāca kiṃ svitkṛtvā labhate tāta saṃjñāṃ martyaḥ śreṣṭhāṃ tapasā vidyayā vā / tanme pṛṣṭaḥ śaṃsa sarvaṃ yathāvac chubhāṃllokān yena gacchetkrameṇa
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.