20 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 9

King’s house. One day, the King’s spiritual master, Vasistha Muni,
was invited for dinner, and the Raksasa cook served him human

flesh.
TEXT 22

TRITATT ATA AEIMTEATTA |
THAN Hat Tat VF Aa 112211

pariveksyamanam bhagavan
vilokyabhaksyam arijasa

rajanam asapat kruddho
rakso hy evam bhavisyasi

pariveksyamanam—while examining the eatables; bhagavan—the
most powerful; vilokya —when he saw; abhaksyam—unfit for consump-
tion; arijasd—very easily by his mystic power; rajanam —unto the King;
asapat—cursed; kruddhah—being very angry; raksah—a man-eater;
hi—indeed; evam—in this way; bhavisyasi—you shall become.

TRANSLATION
While examining the food given to him, Vasistha 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 Saudasa to become a man-eater.

TEXTS 23-24

wad a Aaa aIaiey |
AssMan Te We AAT R31
aa AITRATT waAt: TAHT |
fea: anal ad Tested za Rll

raksah-krtam tad viditva
cakre dvaddasa-varsikam

so "py apo-’fyalim adaya
gurum Sapturm samudyatah
