How can one like me, endued with wisdom, perform like a cruel being, a Sacrifice of destruction after the manner of what is sanctioned for the Kshatriyas,-a Sacrifice which produces only fickle rewards, In myself have I been begotten by myown self. O father, without seeking to procreate progeny, I shall rest myself on my own self!
अन्तवद्भिरुत प्राज्ञः क्षत्रयज्ञैः पिशाचवत्। आत्मन्येवात्मना जात आत्मनिष्ठोऽप्रजः पितः॥