A certain Brahmana, gifted with eloquence and intelligence fell into distress, for he was seized in a lone forest by a Rakshasa who wished to feed on him.
कश्चिद् वाग्बुद्धिसम्पन्नो ब्राह्मणो विजने वने। गृहीतः कृच्छ्रमापन्नो रक्षसा भक्षयिष्यता॥