For what are you going through such hard austerities? Is it heaven or anything else that you pray for? O ascetic, I wish to hear, of the purpose for which you are performing such hard penances. a Brāhmaṇa, or irrepressible Kșatriya or the third caste Vaisyas or a Śūdra? Do you speak the truth and you shall be crowned with auspiciousness Art you an
कोऽर्थो मनीषितस्तुभ्यं स्वर्गलाभो परोऽथवा। वराश्रयो यदर्थं त्वं तपस्यन्यैः सुदुश्चरम्॥ यमाश्रित्य तपस्तप्तं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तापस। ब्राह्मणो वासि भद्रं ते क्षत्रियो वासि दुर्जयः। वैश्यस्तृतीयो वर्णो ता शूद्रो वा सत्यवाग्भव ॥