Thus addressed, O king, the great Rishi Vishvamitra, stricken with hunger, O foremost of Bharata's race, once more said,-A long time has passed away without my having taken any food, I do not see any means again for keeping up my life.
विश्वामित्रस्ततो राजनित्युक्तो भरतर्षभ। क्षुधातः प्रत्युवाचेदं पुनरेव महामुनिः॥ निराहारस्य सुमहान् मम कालोऽभिधावतः। न विद्यतेऽप्युपायश्च कश्चिन्मे प्राणधारणे॥