How extraordinary it is that a foolish person though desirous of winning merit still perpetrated a sinful deed! An owl, again, living on the banks of the Ganges, acquired great merit.
किमाश्चर्यं च यन्मूढो धर्मकामोऽप्यधर्मवित्। सुमहत् प्राप्नुयात् पुण्यं गङ्गायामिव कौशिकः॥