One said, "Between the one thus will go with you and you yourself who will go and who will fall? Narada again said, "Shibi will go, but I shall fall down. "He said "what is its cause?" Narada said-I am not the equal of Shibi. (One day) a Brahmana came to Shibi and spoke to him thus. “O Shibi, I have come to you for food," To him Shibi replied, "What shall I do, command me."
अथैकेन यातव्यं स्यात् कोऽवतरेत् पुनर्नारद आह शिबिर्यायादहमवतरेयमत्र किं कारणमित्यब्रवीत्। असावहं शिबिना समो नास्मि यतो ब्राह्मणः कश्चिदेनमब्रवीत्।।१६ शिबे अन्नार्यस्मीति तमब्रवीच्छिबिः कि क्रियतामाज्ञापयतु भवानिति॥