Markandeyapurana 3.77

3.77

yasmācca yuṣmābhirahaṃ praṇipatya prasāditaḥ /
tasmāt tiryaktvamāpannāḥ paraṃ jñānamavāpsyatha //

“The Ṛṣi spoke:
“‘What I have uttered, will never become false; my voice has not spoken untruth hitherto, O sons! Fate is here supreme, I think. Fie on worthless manhood, whereby I have been thoughtlessly forced to do a deed that ought not to be done! And since I am besought reverently by you, therefore, when endowed with the nature of brutes, ye shall obtain the highest knowledge. And ye, having your paths illuminated by knowledge, with the stains of pain removed, free from doubt, shall through my favour gain the highest perfection.’