To him said I, “From our eager desire to acquire virtue we do not stay at one place. We live for one night only in one village or in one town. A man like us therefore can not possibly know who you are. The fasts and vows that we are to observe make us weak in body, therefore we are unable to follow worldly pursuits to earn wealth."
तमहमब्रुवं कार्यचेष्टाकुलत्वान्न वयं वासायनिका ग्रामैकरात्रवासिनो प्रत्यभिजानीमोऽप्यात्मनोऽर्थानामनुष्ठानं न शरीरोपतापेनात्मनः समारभामो ऽर्थानामनुष्ठानम्॥