O king, I am oppressed by hunger; do not withhold from me my ordained food on the belief that you are thus gaining virtue, whereas you are not.
विहितं भक्षणं राजन् पीड्यमानस्य मे क्षुधा। मा रक्षीधर्मलोभेनधर्ममुत्सृष्टवानसि॥