Desisting from other kinds of food, all of them observe vows and regulations and take at the proper time the fruits of that king of the forest for their sustenance and rove separately unseen by men, O foremost of men. That monarch of the forest, O king, is celebrated throughout the world.
ते सर्वे ह्यशनं त्यक्त्वा फलं तस्य वनस्पतेः॥ व्रतैश्च नियमैश्चैव काले काले स्म भुञ्जते। प्राप्तैश्च नियमैस्तैस्तैर्विचरन्तः पृथक् पृथक्॥ अदृश्यमाना मनुजैर्व्यचरन् पुरुषर्षभ। एवं ख्यातो नरव्याघ्र लोकेऽस्मिन् स वनस्पतिः॥२४