Bhishma said Feeling hungry, when the king of beasts came to eat, he did not found the meat which should have been kept ready for his dinner. The king then ordered,-Let the thief be detected!
भीष्म उवाच क्षुधितस्य मृगेन्द्रस्य भोक्तुमभ्युत्थितस्य च। भोजनायोपहर्तव्यं तन्मांसं नोपदृश्यते॥ मृगराजेन चाज्ञप्तं दृश्यतां चोर इत्युत।