(And it came to pass that once upon a time) the Maharși Agastya, having been invited to a Sraddha, fed on the mighty Asura.
अगस्त्येन तदा देवैः प्रार्थितेन महर्षिणा। अनुभूय किल श्राद्धे भक्षितः स महासुरः॥