Ambarisha said Having properly governed the entire Earth bounded by the oceans, having from desire of acquiring religious merit practised all those duties which are common to the four orders as sanctioned by the scriptures, having practised with rigid austerity all the duties of the Brahmacharya mode, having waited with obedience upon the preceptors and other reverend elders, having studied properly the Vedas and the scriptures treating on royal duties, having pleased the guests with food and drink, the Pitris with offerings in Shraddhas, the Rishis with attentive study of the scriptures and with initiation and the gods with many good and high sacrifices, having duly followed Kshatriya duties according to the injunctions of the scriptures, having looked fearlessly at hostile troops, I acquired many victories in battle, O Vasava.
अम्बरीष उवाच सागरान्तां महीं कृत्स्नामनुशास्य यथाविधि। चातुर्वण्र्ये यथाशास्त्रं प्रवृत्तौ धर्मकाम्यया॥ ब्रह्मचर्येण घोरेण गुर्वाचारेण सेवया। वेदानधीत्य धर्मेण राजशास्त्रं च केवलम्॥ अतिथीनन्नपानेन पितृ॑श्च स्वधया तथा। ऋषीन् स्वाध्यायदीक्षाभिर्देवान् यज्ञैरनुत्तमैः॥ क्षत्रधर्मे स्थितो भूत्वा यथाशास्त्रं यथाविधि। उदीक्षमाणः पृतनां जयामि युधि वासव॥