His helpless young wife, O Madhava, is continually but unsuccessfully trying to drive away those vultures desirous of feeding on carrion.
अस्य भार्याऽऽमिषप्रेप्सून् गृध्रकाकांस्तपस्विनी। वारयत्यनिशं बाला न च शक्नोति माधव॥