O Matanga, by coveting that very great dignity you are sure to meet with destruction. Do not, O son, betray such rashness. This is not a righteous path for you to follow.
मतङ्ग परमं स्थानं प्रार्थयन् विनशिष्यसि। मा कृथाः साहसं पुत्र नैष धर्मपथस्तव॥