Rāja-prabodhana and Prātaḥ-kṛtya
Awakening of the King and Morning Observances
जमदग्निरुवाच दाता द्विजानां नृपतिः स यद्यप्याहरिष्यति / विप्रो ऽहं किं करिष्यामि स्वेच्छावितरणं विना
jamadagniruvāca dātā dvijānāṃ nṛpatiḥ sa yadyapyāhariṣyati / vipro 'haṃ kiṃ kariṣyāmi svecchāvitaraṇaṃ vinā
Jamadagni said: “The king is the giver to the twice-born; if he so wills, he will bestow it. But I am a brahmin—what can I do without a gift freely offered?”