p. 247
कल्मषं तपसो ब्रूहि श्रुतं निष्कल्मषं तपः ।
In plain words
Tell me what stains austerity — I have heard that austerity is stainless.
Close to the Sanskrit
Tell the stain of austerity; austerity has been heard [to be] stainless.
p. 247
कल्मषं तपसो ब्रूहि श्रुतं निष्कल्मषं तपः ।
Tell me what stains austerity — I have heard that austerity is stainless.
Tell the stain of austerity; austerity has been heard [to be] stainless.