The preceptor replied, “The good calves, out of kindness towards you, throw out a large quantity of froth. You should not stand in the way of their full meal. Know, it is not proper for you to drink the froth.” Upamanyu assented to this and went to tend the cattle.
तमुपाध्यायः प्रत्युवाच ‘एते त्वदनुकम्पया गुणवन्तो वत्साः प्रभूततरं फेनमुद्गिरन्ति। तदेषामपि तदेषामपि वत्सानां वृत्त्युपरोधं करोष्येवं वर्तमानः। फेनमपि भवान्न पातुमर्हति' इति। स तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य पुनररक्षद्गाः॥