Do you then, foremost of learned Brahmanas, take back these stalks of yours. O holy one, you should forgive my transgression, (you who are free from every fault.
तदिदं गृह्यतां विद्वन् पुष्करं द्विजसत्तम। अतिक्रमं मे भगवन् क्षन्तुमर्हस्यनिन्दित॥