অন্তরে বিস্মিত শচী বলিল তাহারে ।
"মাটি খাইতে জ্ঞানযোগ কে শিখাল তোরে ॥ ৩০ ॥
antare vismita saci balila tahare
"mati khaite jnana-yoga ke sikhala tore
antare-within herself; vismita-surprised; saci-mother Saci; balila-replied; tahare-unto Him; mati-dirt; khaite-to eat; jnana-yoga-philosophical speculation; ke-who; sikhala-taught; tore-You.
In the philosophical discourse between the mother and the son, when the son said that everything is one, as impersonalists say, the mother replied, "If everything is one, why do people in general not eat dirt but eat the food grains produced from the dirt?"