Tarkshya said: O blessed lady, what is the best thing for a man to do here on earth) and how he must act so that he may not deviate from (the path of) virtue. O beautiful lady, tell me all, so that being instructed by you I may not deviate from the path of my own duty (Dharma).
तार्क्ष्य उवाच किं नु श्रेयः पुरुषस्येह भद्रे कथं कुर्वन् न च्यवते स्वधर्मात्। आचक्ष्व मे चारुसर्वाङ्गि कुर्यां त्वया शिष्टो न च्यवेयं स्वधर्मात्॥