Markandeya said : Having uttered these words several times, the educated Brahmana entered a village for alms and foremost of the Bharata race, after having gone round the sacred families in the village.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्त्वा बहुशो विद्वान् चामं भक्ष्याय संश्रितः। चामे शुचीनि प्रचरन् कुलानि भरतर्षभ॥