Saudasa said If it is proper (for me), O foremost of superior Brahmanas, to say what you ask, I should then, O best of twice-born ones, tell you that you should never return to me.
सौदास उवाच क्षमं चेदिह वक्तव्यं तव द्विजवरोत्तम। मत्समीपं द्विजश्रेष्ठ नागन्तव्यं कथंचन॥