॥ १० ॥
In plain words
The disciple may answer: 'I am a Brāhmaṇa's son of such a family. I have lived as a Brahmacārin and a Gṛhastha; now I am a Paramahaṃsa Parivrāṭ, a wandering renunciant. I long to cross the ocean of Saṃsāra and escape the great crocodile of birth and death.'
Close to the Sanskrit
If he should reply: 'I am a Brāhmaṇa's son of such a lineage. I was a Brahmacārin or a Gṛhastha; now I am a Paramahaṃsa Parivrāṭ, wishing to cross the ocean of Saṃsāra and escape the great crocodile of birth and death.'