Verse 21

¹⁶Bhimasena, Arjuna and Krsna, the three of them wearing the marks of brahmins, went to Girivraja, dear one, where the son of Brhadratha was. ¹⁷They came to his houses at the hour when guests are received, and those kshatriyas in the guise of brahmins begged of the householder who honours brahmins: ¹⁸King, take us for guests who have arrived, men in need who have come a long way. Give us then what we want, and good to you. ¹⁹What is too hard to bear for those who bear? What is not done by the wicked? What is not to be given by the open-handed? And who is another man to those who see evenly? ²⁰A man who has a body that does not last, and who is able, and even so does not gather the lasting fame the good sing of, is a man to be spoken against, and he is only to be pitied.

²¹Hariscandra, Rantideva, the man who lived by gleaning, Sibi, Bali, the hunter, the dove, and many more went by what does not last to what does.