Matanga said Stricken as I am with grief, why, O Shakra, do you afflict me further? You are striking one that is already dead, by this conduct. I do not pity you who having acquired the dignity of a Brahmana fail to retain it.
मतङ्ग उवाच अन्यं वरं वृणीष्व त्वं दुर्लभोऽयं हि ते वरः। किं मां तुदसि दुःखार्तं मृतं मारयसे च माम्॥