Mandhatri said I bend my head for pleasing you; forsooth however, I wish to see the first of gods, O divine lord. Renouncing all (earthly) desires, I wish to acquire religious merit, and to lead the foremost mode of life, that path of the good held in highest esteem by all.
मान्धातोवाच असंशयं भगवन्नादिदेवं द्रक्ष्यामित्वाहं शिरसा सम्प्रसाद्य। त्यक्त्वा कामान् धर्मकामो ह्यरमे मिच्छे गन्तुं सत्पथं लोकदृष्टम्॥