Hearing the words Lakşmaņa the dog said, "We cannot enter into the house of divinities, kings and Brāhmaṇas nor can we go there where is fire, Indra, the sun or the wind, for we are the vilest born; so I cannot enter there.
लक्ष्मणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सारमेयोऽभ्यभाषत। देवागारे नृपागारे द्विजवेश्मसु वै तथा॥ वह्निः शतक्रतुश्चैव सूर्यो वायुश्च तिष्ठति। नात्र योग्यास्तु सौमित्रे योनीनामधमा वयम्॥