25 aparam ahaṁ yuṣmabhyaṁ tathyaṁ kathayāmi, kiṁ bhakṣiṣyāmaḥ? kiṁ pāsyāmaḥ? iti prāṇadhāraṇāya mā cintayata; kiṁ paridhāsyāmaḥ? iti kāyarakṣaṇāya na cintayata; bhakṣyāt prāṇā vasanāñca vapūṁṣi kiṁ śrēṣṭhāṇi na hi?

26 vihāyasō vihaṅgamān vilōkayata; tai rnōpyatē na kr̥tyatē bhāṇḍāgārē na sañcīyatē’pi; tathāpi yuṣmākaṁ svargasthaḥ pitā tēbhya āhāraṁ vitarati|

27 yūyaṁ tēbhyaḥ kiṁ śrēṣṭhā na bhavatha? yuṣmākaṁ kaścit manujaḥ cintayan nijāyuṣaḥ kṣaṇamapi varddhayituṁ śaknōti?