And in that sacrifice which I have determined to bring to a completion, and which is on the eve of being completed, both these Rākşasas, Mārica and Subāhu, accomplished in arms and possessed of prowess, shower flesh and gore upon the altar. And on that ceremony being thus disturbed and by purpose thus frustrated, I considered my labours as all lost, and, therefore, have left my country in dejection. And, O monarch, I cannot bring myself to vent my wrath.
व्रते तु बहुशश्चीर्णे समाप्त्यां राक्षसाविमौ। मारीचश्च सुबाहुश्च वीर्यवन्तौ सुशिक्षितौ ॥ तौ मांसरुधिरौघेण वेदि तामभ्यवर्षताम्। अवधूते तथाभूते तस्मिन् नियमनिश्चये॥ कृतश्रमो निरुत्साहस्तस्माद् देशादपाक्रमे। न च मक्रोधमुत्स्रष्टुं बुद्धिर्भवति पार्थिव॥