Filled with delight, the Sharabha continued daily to kill animals for his food. Metamorphosed into a carnivorous beast, he no longer liked fruits and roots upon which he had lived before.
शरभोऽन्प्यतिसंहष्टो नित्यं प्राणिवधे रतः॥ फलमूलाशनं कर्तुं नैच्छत् स पिशिताशनः।