किं वा ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च किं वा रुद्रो भविष्यसि । सारस उवाच- नास्ति ते तपसो भावः फलं नास्ति च तस्य तु
kiṃ vā brahmā ca viṣṇuśca kiṃ vā rudro bhaviṣyasi | sārasa uvāca- nāsti te tapaso bhāvaḥ phalaṃ nāsti ca tasya tu
Roman (IAST) transliteration rendered by HREEM from the edition's Devanagari; the Devanagari is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.