रुद्र उवाच । अस्ति भारतवर्षेण वनं दण्डकसंज्ञितम् । तत्र तीव्रं तपो घोरं गौतमो नाम वै द्विजः
rudra uvāca | asti bhāratavarṣeṇa vanaṃ daṇḍakasaṃjñitam | tatra tīvraṃ tapo ghoraṃ gautamo nāma vai dvijaḥ
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.