Verse 8
The heart and the limbs guard each other· Verses 1–8
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1So, with the whole rise of his qualities and his deeds laid open before him, the emperor spoke to the sage when he had finished, as though ashamed. 2Brahma, who is made of the metres, sent you forth from his own mouth for his own keeping: men joined to austerity and knowledge and yoga, and not greedy. 3And for the guarding of that, the thousand-footed one sent us out from his thousand arms; for they say the brahmin is his heart and the kshatriya his limbs. 4So the brahmin and the kshatriya guard each other, and guard their own selves; and the god who does not waste away, who is both what is and what is not, guards them both.
5By the very sight of you all my doubts are cut through, since your revered self has out of love spoken the dharma of a man who means to protect. 6By good fortune I have seen the revered one, whom those who have not made themselves cannot see. By good fortune the kind dust of your feet has been touched by my head. 7By good fortune I have been taught by you, and a great kindness has been done me. By good fortune your lovely words have gone in through the open holes of my ears. 8Sage, you should hear out what a poor man has to tell you, whose self is worn through with love for his daughter. Hear it out of pity.