He washed it and then properly cooked it and then covering it with boiled rice, he gave it to the hungry ascetic Brahmana.
एतत् संस्कृत्य विधिवदन्नोपहितमाशु वै। तस्मै प्रादाद् ब्राह्मणाय क्षुधिताय तपस्विने॥