स कदा चित् क्षुधाविष्टो मृगयन् भक्षम् आत्मनः ॥
ददर्श सुपरिक्लिष्टः कस्मिंश् चिद् वननिर्झरे ॥
ब्राह्मणीं ब्राह्मणं चैव मैथुनायोपसंगतौ ॥
तौ समीक्ष्य तु वित्रस्ताव् अकृतार्थौ प्रधावितौ ॥
तयोश् च द्रवतोर् विप्रं जगृहे नृपतिर् बलात् ॥
sa kadā cit kṣudhāviṣṭo mṛgayan bhakṣam ātmanaḥ ||
dadarśa suparikliṣṭaḥ kasmiṃś cid vananirjhare ||
brāhmaṇīṃ brāhmaṇaṃ caiva maithunāyopasaṃgatau ||
tau samīkṣya tu vitrastāv akṛtārthau pradhāvitau ||
tayoś ca dravator vipraṃ jagṛhe nṛpatir balāt ||
'Once, overcome by hunger, seeking food for himself, he, utterly exhausted, saw at a certain forest stream a brahmin woman and a brahmin come together for union. Seeing him, the two of them, frightened, their purpose unfulfilled, rushed to flee; and of the two fleeing, the king seized the brahmin by force.'
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Here the curse drives the king to a crime against the defenseless. It is telling that the cannibal's hunger overtakes the couple in their most intimate, unguarded hour: evil chooses its victim at the moment of weakness. It is seen from this how merciless possession is: it knows neither shame nor pity, seizing the innocent. Thus scripture reveals the horror of an evil force that has taken hold of a man; and the king, driven by the curse, turns into a hunter of men.