Listen to me, O chief of Bharatas, as I recite to you, O Yudhishthira, this incident which took place in days of yore, o king, of the evil consequences of imparting of instruction to a lowborn person fallen into distress.
निदर्शनमिदं राजन् शृणु मे भरतर्षभ। दुरुक्तवचने राजन् यथापूर्वं युधिष्ठिर॥