One day that ungrateful beast who had first been a dog but who was now metamorphosed into a Sharabha, eagerly thirsting for blood, wished to kill the sage.
ततो रुधिरतर्षेण बलिना शरभोऽन्वितः॥ इयेष तं मुनि हन्तुमकृतज्ञःश्वयोनिजः।