शौनक उवाच- कथयस्व महाप्राज्ञ पुत्रहीनो जनो भवेत् । कर्मणा केन वै सूत पुत्रो भवति केन च
śaunaka uvāca- kathayasva mahāprājña putrahīno jano bhavet | karmaṇā kena vai sūta putro bhavati kena ca
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.