bhagava iti ha pratiśuśrāva |
brahmavida iva somya mukhaṃ bhāti |
ko nu tvānuśaśāseti |
ko nu mānuśiśyād bho itīhāpeva nihnute |
ime nūnam īdṛśā anyādṛśā itīhāgnīn abhyūde |
kiṃ nu somya kila te ’vocann iti ||
3. He answered: 'This' (repeating some of what they had told him).
The teacher said : 'My friend, they have taught you about the worlds, but I shall tell you this; and as water does not cling to a lotus leaf, so no evil deed clings to one who knows it.' He said: 'Sir, tell it me.'