Thus accosted by that highly famous Brahmana, Tuladhara of the Vaishya caste, well acquatinted with the truths of morality and contented with knowledge, described to Jajali who had practised severe penances, the ways of morality.
भीष्म उवाच एवमुक्तस्तुलाधारो ब्राह्मणेन यशस्विना। उवाच धर्मसूक्ष्माणि वैश्यो धर्मार्थतत्त्ववित्॥