Unable to obtain of corn, the Brahmana soon became exhausted with hunger and toil. Indeed, with all the members of his family, he had no food to eat.
उज्छमप्राप्तवानेव ब्राह्मणः क्षुच्छ्रमान्वितः। स तथैव क्षुधाविष्टः सार्धं परिजनेन ह॥