The heroic Saudāsa was fond of hunting from his boyhood. Once on a time while a hunting, he espied two Rākṣasas in the forest. He had heard about them many times before: they were in the shape of tigers and of a dreadful figure and were not satisfied with devouring many thousand deer.
स बाल एव सौदासो मृगयामुपचक्रमे। चञ्चूर्यमाणं ददृशे स शूरो राक्षसद्वयम्॥ शार्दूलरूपिणौ घोरौ मृगान्बहुसहस्रशः। भक्षमाणावसंतुष्टौ पर्याप्ति नैव जग्मतुः॥