This is the eighth division of the day and therefore, the hour for taking may food. For not having taken my food, O scion of Kuru's race, I am so weak that I cannot move.
अष्टमो ह्यद्य कालोऽयमाहारस्य कृतस्य मे। येनाहं कुरुशार्दूल शक्नोमि न विचेष्टितुम्॥