Sometime after, one day a destroyer of all animals, endued with great strength, terrorising all creatures, having eight legs and eyes on the forehead, viz., a Sharabha, came there. He came to that very asylum for slaying the Rishi's lion.
कदाचित् कालयोगेन सर्वप्राणिविहिंसकः। बलवान् क्षतजाहारो नानासत्त्वभयंकरः॥ अष्टपादूर्ध्वनयनः शरभो वनगोचरः। तं सिहं हन्तुमागच्छन्मुनेस्तस्य निवेशनम्॥