For your living in this forest under such circumstances of total abstention from food, the whole community of Nagas young and old is being aggrieved, since this your fast implies negligence on our part to discharge the duties of hospitality.
त्यक्ताहारेण भवता वने निवसता त्वया। बालवृद्धमिदं सर्वं पीड्यते धर्मसंकटात्॥