Text 21]
The Dynasty of Aṁśumān
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TEXTS 20-21
श्रीशुक उवाच
सौदासो मृगयां किञ्चिच्चरन् रक्षो जघान ह । 
  मुमोच भ्रातरं सोऽथ गतः प्रतिचिकीर्षया ॥२०॥ 
  सञ्चिन्तयन्नघं राज्ञः सदरूपधरो गृहे । 
  गुरवे भोक्तुकामाय पक्त्वा निन्ये नरामिषम् ॥२१॥
śrī-śuka uvāca 
  saudāso mṛgayāṁ kiñcic 
  caran rakṣo jaghāna ha 
  mumoca bhrātaraṁ so 'tha 
  gataḥ praticikīrṣayā
sañcintayann aghaṁ rājñaḥ 
  sūda-rūpa-dharo gṛhe 
  gurave bhoktu-kāmāya 
  paktvā ninye narāmiṣam
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; saudāsaḥ—King Saudāsa; mṛgayāṁ—in hunting; kiñcit—sometimes; caran—wandering; rakṣaḥ—a Rākṣasa, or man-eater; jaghāna—killed; ha—in the past; mumoca—released; bhrātaraṁ—the brother of that Rākṣasa; saḥ—that brother; atha—thereafter; gataḥ—went; praticikīrṣayā—for taking revenge; sañcintayan—he thought; aghaṁ—to do some harm; rājñaḥ—of the King; sūda-rūpa-dharaḥ—disguised himself as a cook; gṛhe—in the house; gurave—unto the King's spiritual master; bhoktu-kāmāya—who came there to take dinner; paktvā—after cooking; ninye—gave him; nara-āmiṣam—the flesh of a human being.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Once Saudāsa went to live in the forest, where he killed a man-eater [Rākṣasa] but forgave and released the man-eater's brother. That brother, however, decided to take revenge. Thinking to harm the King, he became the cook at the