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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 9]
King's house. One day, the King's spiritual master, Vasiṣṭha Muni, was invited for dinner, and the Rākṣasa cook served him human flesh.
TEXT 22
परिवेक्ष्यमाणं भगवान् विलोक्याभक्ष्यमञ्जसा । राजानमशपत् कुद्धो रक्षो ह्येवं भविष्यसि ॥२२॥
parivekṣyamāṇam bhagavān vilokyābhakṣyam añjasā rājānam aśapat kruddho rakṣo hy evam bhaviṣyasi
parivekṣyamāṇam —while examining the eatables;  bhagavān —the most powerful;  vilokya —when he saw;  abhakṣyam —unfit for consumption;  añjasā —very easily by his mystic power;  rājānam —unto the King;  aśapat —cursed;  kruddhaḥ —being very angry;  rakṣaḥ —a man-eater;  hi —indeed;  evam —in this way;  bhaviṣyasi —you shall become.
TRANSLATION
While examining the food given to him, Vasiṣṭha Muni, by his mystic power, could understand that it was unfit to eat, being the flesh of a human being. He was very angry at this and immediately cursed Saudāsa to become a man-eater.
TEXTS 23–24
रक्षःकृतं तद् विदित्वा चक्रे द्वादशवार्षिकम् । सोऽप्यपोऽञ्जलिमादाय गुरुं शप्तुं समुद्यतः ॥२३॥ वारितो मदयन्त्यापो रुशतीः पादयोर्जहौ । दिशः खमवनीं सर्वं पश्यञ्जीवमयं नृपः ॥२४॥
rakṣaḥ-kṛtam tad viditvā cakre dvādaśa-vārṣikam so 'py apo-'ñjalim ādāya gurum śaptum samudyataḥ