The Brahmana said: Why does the soul take its birth and how does it become sinful or virtuous? O excellent one, how does it come to belong to a sinful or virtuous man?
ब्राह्मण उवाच कथं सम्भवते योनौ कथं वा पुण्यपापयोः। जातीः पुण्यास्त्वपुण्याश्च कथं गच्छति सत्तम॥