Seeing (that spectacle) for a long time, with longing eyes, and seeing the deer and thinking that living in heaven can be acquired by only slaughter, he approved (of it).
ततः स सुचिरं दृष्ट्वा स्पृहालग्नेन चक्षुषा। मृगमालोक्य हिंसायां स्वर्गवासं समर्थयत्॥