How, indeed do you know that I am a Chandala? How have I lost the dignity of a Brahman? O you of great wisdom tell me all this fully, from beginning to end.
कथं मां वेत्सि चण्डालं ब्राह्मण्यं येन नश्यते। तत्त्वेनैतन्महाप्रज्ञे ब्रूहि सर्वमशेषतः॥