The Brahmana said I do not, O timid one, move in this world in the manner which you, according to your own understanding, censure. I am a Brahmana endued with Vedic knowledge. I am liberated. I am a hermit, I follow the duties of a houscholder. I observe vows.
ब्राह्मण उवाच नाहं तथा भीरु चरामि लोके यथा त्वं मां तर्जयसे स्वबुद्ध्या। विप्रोऽस्मि मुक्तोऽस्मि वनेचरोऽस्मि गृहस्थधर्मा व्रतवांस्तथास्मि॥