Why O hero! O lord of Rākşasas! having led the Brahmacarya mode of life, studied the Vedas, and returned from the house of your spiritual guide, and ever engaged in religious acts, today did you intend to slay a woman?
वेदविद्याव्रतस्नातः स्वकर्मनिरतस्तथा। स्त्रियः कस्माद्वधं वीर मन्यसे राक्षसेश्वर॥