Having been ordered by the king the cooks reverentially went away and the Rākşasas assuming their shape brought before the king dishes. The king and queen Madayantſ offered those dishes to the ascetic Vasistha, who, after being treated to them, perceived that there was human flesh, terribly enraged and said.
शासनात्पार्थिवेन्द्रस्य सूदः संभ्रान्तमानसः। तच्च रक्षः पुनस्तत्र सूदवेषमथाकरोत्॥ स मानुषमयो मांसं पार्थिवाय न्यवेदयत्। इदं स्वादु हविष्यं च सामिषं चानमाहृतम्॥ स भोजनं वसिष्ठाय पत्न्या सार्धमुपाहरत्। मदयन्त्या नरश्रेष्ठ सामिषं रक्षसा हृतम्॥ ज्ञात्वा तदामिषं विप्रो मानुषं भोजनागतम्। क्रोधेन महताविष्टो व्याहर्तुमुपचक्रमे॥