And the cooks of the king, adorned with jewelled ear-rings used to cry out (to the guests) saying-“Drink as much soup as you can, for there is not so much meat today as there was the other day."
तत्र स्म सूदाः क्रोशन्ति सुपृष्टमणिकुण्डलाः॥ सूपं भूविहमश्नीध्वं नाद्य मासं यथा पुरा।