आख्यायिकां पुरावृत्तां स्मृत्वा जातिं निजामपि। शुक उवाच। पुरा विद्वानहं भूत्वा वैदुष्य स्मयमोहितः
ākhyāyikāṃ purāvṛttāṃ smṛtvā jātiṃ nijāmapi| śuka uvāca| purā vidvānahaṃ bhūtvā vaiduṣya smayamohitaḥ
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.