In days of yore a certain Brahmana made iniserable by a bad wife, bad dress, and hunger, and practising the vow of renunciation, sang me these verses.
अब्रवीन्मां पुरा कश्चिद् ब्राह्मणस्त्यागमाश्रितः। क्लिश्यमानः कुदारेण कुचैलेन बुभुक्षया।॥