एवं स्वभावं ज्ञात्वाऽसां प्रजापतिनिसर्गजम् । परमं यत्नमातिष्ठेत् पुरुषो रक्षणं प्रति ॥ १६ ॥
Knowing their disposition, which the Lord of creatures laid in them at the creation, to be such, (every) man should most strenuously exert himself to guard them.