O Shalya, Beholding my patience he said-"you are never a Brahmana. Tell me truly who you are." I then gave him the true information about myself and said that I was a Suta.
स धैर्ययुक्तं प्रसमीक्ष्य मां वै न त्वं विप्रः कोऽसि सत्यं वदेति। दाख्यातवान् सूत इत्येव शल्य॥