O you adored of the immortals, persons like you should not take such meals. O gentle one, I have been stricken with great curiosity and wish to hear all. Thine living upon dead body does not appear agreeable to me.
कस्य स्यादीदृशो भाव आहारो देवसंमत। आश्चर्य वर्तते सौम्य श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः। नाहमौपयिकं मन्ये तव भक्ष्यमिमं शवम्॥