In the interval a voice was heard in the sky stating the true facts: "O Rāma, do not slay the vulture,—for it has already been reduced to ashes by the force of Gautama's asceticism. O lord of men, this vulture, in its pristine birth, was a heroic truthful and pure king by the name of Brahmadatta. Once on a time a Brhāmaņa, by the name of Gautama, the very personification of Kāla, came to the house of Brahmadatta for food and said:-'0 king, I shall feed in your house for more than a hundred
अथाशरीरिणी वाणी अन्तरिक्षात्प्रबोधिनी। मावधी राम गृधं त्वं पूर्वदग्धं तपोबलात्॥ कालगौतमदग्धोऽयं प्रजानाथो नरेश्वर। ब्रह्मदत्तेति नाम्नैष शूरः सत्यव्रतः शुचिः॥ गृहं त्वस्यागतो विप्रो भोजनं प्रत्यमार्गत। साग्रं वर्षशतं चैव भोक्तव्यं नृपसत्तम॥