Relying on your friendship for me, I shall say something to you, O sage! O you who can go to heaven at your pleasure, one should speak to another if he is convinced of the intelligence of that other.
स ते सौहृदमास्थाय किञ्चिद् वक्ष्यामि नारद। कृत्स्नं बुद्धिबलं प्रेक्ष्य सम्पृच्छेस्त्रिदिवंगम॥