Markandeya said : The Brahmana, highly gratified, addressed him, saying, "So be it". Making the Brahmana proceed before him, he (fowler) departed towards his own abode.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच बाढमित्येव तं विप्रो हृष्टो वनचमब्रवीत्। अचतस्तु द्विजं कृत्वा स जगाम गृहं प्रति॥