O Sauvira, (the wise) never speak ill of learned persons carrying on devout penances, no matter whether they live in forest or houses; it is only the mean like dogs who speak so.
न किंचिदीड्यं प्रवदन्ति पापं वनेचरं वा गृहमेधिनं वा। तपस्विनं सम्परिपूर्णविद्यं भषन्ति हैवं श्वनराः सुवीरा॥