These words, that I have said, were, o king, first uttered in days of yore by Manu. They represent the great words of Brahmana.
यथोक्तमेतद् सचनं प्रागेव मनुना पुरा। यन्मयोक्तं मनुष्येन्द्र ब्रह्मणो वचनं महत्॥