Have you come here to condemn me, having come to know that I am now assuming the form of an ass that lives upon chaff and that is now passing his days in a lonely spot remote from the dwellings of men.
तुषभक्षं तु मां ज्ञात्वा प्रविविक्तजने गृहे। बिभ्रतं गार्दभं रूपमागत्य परिगर्हसे॥२३॥