Text 21] The Dynasty of Amsuman 19

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Sri-Suka uvaca
sauddso mrgayam kiricic
caran rakso jaghana ha
mumoca bhrataram so ‘tha
gatah praticikirsaya

safcintayann agham rajnah
stida-ripa-dharo grhe

gurave bhoktu-kamaya
paktva ninye nardmisam

Sri-Sukah uvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami_ said; saudésah —King
Saudasa; mrgayam—in hunting; kifcit—sometimes; caran—wander-
ing; raksah—a Raksasa, or man-eater; jaghana—killed; ha—in the
past; mumoca—released; bhradtaram—the brother of that Raksasa;
sah—that brother; atha—thereafter; gatah—went; praticikirsaya —for
taking revenge; saficintayan—he thought; agham—to do some harm;
rajnah—of the King; sida-ripa-dharah—disguised himself as a cook;
grhe—in the house; gurave—unto the King’s spiritual master; bhoktu-
kamaya—who came there to take dinner; paktvd—after cooking;
ninye—gave him; nara-amisam—the flesh of a human being.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Once Saudasa went to live in the forest,
where he killed a man-eater [Raksasa] 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
