Seeing his grandson lean and living on forest produce, that great Rishi, moved by compassion spoke thus in accents choked with tears.
तानवेक्ष्य कृशान् पौत्रान् वने वन्येन जीवतः॥ महर्षिरनुकम्पार्थमब्रवीद्वाष्पगद्गदम्।