Hearing these words of the great Rishi, the Chandala answered him, saying,-Listen to me. Having heard these truthful words of mine, act in such a way that your religious merit may not suffer.
श्रुत्वा तत् त्वं तथाऽऽतिष्ठ यथा धर्मो न हीयते। धर्म वापि विप्रर्षे शृणु यत् ते ब्रवीम्यहम्॥