ब्राह्मण उवाच ।। आस्तां ब्रह्मवधं घोरमपि मद्यनिषेवणम् ।। तपसा विधमिष्यामि किं पुनः पारदारिकम् ।। ४०।।
The Brahmin said:— Let it be the terrible sin of the slaughter of a brahmin; let it be the sin of sipping wine, I shall quell it with my power of penance. What then the sin of enjoying another man’s wife?