This, indeed, is one great defeat of those who are wedded to acts, for all their rewards are for the time being. This doubt, O twiceborn one, exists in my heart like a dagger! Tear it out by recounting to me some discourses of old on this subject. Great is my curiosity to listen to you.
एतन्मे संशयं विप्र हृदि शल्यमिवार्पितम्। छिन्धीतिहासकथनात् परं कौतूहलं हि मे॥