Hearing this excellent speech of that ascetic of immeasurable energy, that foremost of men answered him in these happy words,
अथ तस्याप्रमेयस्य मुनेर्वचनमुत्तमम्। श्रुत्वा पुरुषशार्दूलः प्रत्युवाच शुभां गिरम्॥