Ashtavakra said: Defeating the Brahmanas either by words or subtlety, he has thrown them into the waters of the sea. By dint of my intellect I have to day have rescued them.
अष्टावक्र उवाच विप्राः समुद्राम्भसि मज्जिता ये वाचा जिता मेधया वा विदानाः। तां मेधया वाचमथोज्जहार यथा वाचमवचिन्वन्ति सन्तः॥