O best of Brahmanas, these ear-rings are capable of being taken away when such opportunities come, by celestials and Rakshasas and Nagas, if worn by a careless person.
छिद्रेष्वेतेष्विमे नित्यं ह्वियेते द्विजसत्तम। देवराक्षसनागानामप्रमत्तेन धार्यते॥