Yudhishthira said When virtuous practices calculated to be beneficial the worlds, disappear, when all the means and resources for subsistence fall into the hands of robbers, when such a calamitous time appears, by what means should a Brahmana, O grandfather, who from affection cannot leave his sons and grandsons maintain himself?
युधिष्ठिर उवाच हीने परमके धर्म सर्वलोकाभिसंहिते। सर्वस्मिन् दस्युसाद्भूते पृथिव्यामुपजीवने॥ केन स्विद् ब्राह्मणो जीवेज्जघन्ये काल आगते। असंत्यजन् पुत्रपौत्राननुक्रोशात् पितामह॥