Thc Brahmana said In the boyhood I had, through Ignorance, stretched my hand for accepting gifts. Now, however, I recite the Gayatri, observing the duty of abstention.
ब्राह्मण उवाच बाल्ये यदि स्यादज्ञानान्मया हस्तः प्रसारितः। निवृत्तलक्षणं धर्ममुपासे संहितां जपन्॥