चिन्तयन्स महाप्राज्ञश्चकार मतिमान्मतिम् | शिष्यञ्चैवाब्रवीद्वाक्यमिदं स मुनिपुङ्गवः || १-२-१७
That great wise one who was an intellectual and the best among sages, on cogitating, made up his mind and also spoke these words to the disciple. [1-2-17]
पादबद्धोऽक्षरसमस्तन्त्रीलयसमन्वितः | शोकार्तस्य प्रवृत्तो मे श्लोको भवतु नान्यथा || १-२-१८
"While I was tormented by grief, there arose a sentence consisting of four verses possessing metrically posited letters suitable to be played as song and string music and that will be called Shloka, not otherwise." [1-2-18]
Then that saint on performing his bathing in that ford according to custom, and still thinking on the purport of his utterance, he returned towards his hermitage. [1-2-20]