गणेश उवाच ।। असाधुस्साधुतां चैव साधुश्चासाधुतां तथा ।। कदाचिदपि नाप्नोति ब्रह्मोक्तमिति निश्चितम् ।। १९ ।।
Gaṇeśa said:— This has been decisively said by Brahmā—“A wicked man never attains saintly nature nor docs a saintly man assume perversion at any time.”