As birds eagerly seek with avidity for the piece of) meat thrown on the ground, so men solicit women who have lost their husbands. O best of the twice-born, being solicited by wicked men, I might waver and I might not be able to keep myself on the path of virtue.
उत्सृष्टमामिषं भूमौ प्रार्थयन्ति यथा खगाः प्रार्थयन्ति जनाः सर्वे पतिहीनां तथा स्त्रियम्॥ साहं विचाल्यमाना वै प्रार्थ्यमाना दुरात्मभिः। स्थातुं पथि न शक्ष्यामि सज्जनेष्टे द्विजोत्तम्॥