How, O Brahmana, having acted as priest to the immortal king of the celestials, will you unhesitatingly act as a priest to Marutta subject to death?
कथं ह्यमयं ब्रह्मंस्त्वं याजयित्वा सुराधिपम्। याजयेर्मृत्युसंयुक्तं मरुत्तमविशङ्कया॥