Verse 5

¹When those sages, whose calling is yoga, had praised him in this way, the mighty one whose dwelling is Vaikuntha welcomed what they had said and spoke. ²Bhagavan said: These two are attendants of mine, Jaya and Vijaya. Holding me of no account, they have gone far past what is right in dealing with you. ³But the punishment you have laid on these two, you who follow me, is approved by me as well, sages, since they slighted men who are gods. ⁴So today I ask you to be pleased with me, for the brahmin is my highest god. That men of my own dishonoured you I count as done by my own hand. ⁵When a servant has done wrong, the world takes up the names of his master; and that ill word kills his good name as a disease kills the skin.