Matanga said I have passed these thousand years, standing on one foot, with soul engaged in meditation and in the observance of the vow of celibacy. Why is it that I have not yet succeeded in acquiring the dignity of a Brahmana?
मतङ्ग उवाच इदं वर्षसहस्रं वै ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः। अतिष्ठमेकपादेन ब्राह्मण्यं प्राप्नुयां कथम्॥