The Guest said-For all that, O Brahmana, I shall try to instruct you duly. Listen to me as I recount to you what I have heard from my preceptor.
अतिथिरुवाच उपदेशं तु ते विप्र करिष्येऽहं यथाक्रमम्। गुरुणा मे यथाख्यातमर्थतत्त्वं तु मे शृणु॥