Respectfully saluting the Brahmana with words, the Rakshasa put to him this question: You shall escape, but tell me why I am so pale and lean.
रक्षस्तु वाचं सम्पूज्य प्रश्नं पप्रच्छ तं द्विजम्। मोक्ष्येसे ब्रूहि मे प्रश्न केनास्मि हरिणः कृशः॥