Gopalacampu 1.4.33

1.4.33

[19] tadā ca sarvasminn api vismita-caryā-paryākule baṭavaḥ sahāsa-pāṭavam ūcuḥ-aye ! sarva-śarmada ! nirmala-dharmaṇo bhavataḥ katham aśaucaṃ nāma sāmarthyaṃ samarthayatām ? yato nāḍī-ccheda eva vṛtte tad āmananti sma |

[19] And then, while everyone was bewildered by wondrous conduct, the celibate students said with quick-witted laughter: “O bestower of all happiness! How can ritual impurity be affirmed of you, whose nature is spotless virtue? For the authorities declare that it begins only when the umbilical cord is severed.”