The king said At your words, O Brahmana, I understand what is feeble and what is not so. I understand also now difficult it is to acquire the images placed by hope before the mind. I consider these words of yours as Shruti.
राजोवाच कृशाकृशे मया ब्रह्मन् गृहीते वचनात् तव। दुर्लभत्वं च तस्यैव वेदवाक्यमिव द्विज॥