A hedge-hog a porcupine, an iguana, a hare and a tortoise these five animals only, having five toes, are worthy of being eaten by the Ks atryas and Brahmins, O Rāghava.
पञ्च पञ्चनखा भक्ष्या ब्रह्मक्षत्रेण राघव। शल्यकः श्वाविधो गोधा शशः कूर्मश्च पञ्चमः॥