22 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 9

raksasam—man-eating; bhdvam—propensity; dpannah—having
gotten; pade—on the leg; kalmasatam—a black spot; gatah—obtained;
vyavaya-kale—at the time of sexual intercourse; dadrse—he saw; vana-
okah—living in the forest; dam-pati—a husband and wife; dvijau—who
were brahmanas.

TRANSLATION

Saudasa thus acquired the propensity of a man-eater and
received on his leg a black spot, for which he was known as
Kalmasapada. Once King Kalmasapada saw a brahmana couple
engaged in sexual intercourse in the forest.

TEXTS 26-27

gaat a7 At aeenerpaead |
1 AAPL TAR: ATTRA ACTH 1
Aaa: WA ard AAT |
ate ASTRA aHArH I FEAT UWI

ksudharto jagrhe vipram
tat-patny ahakrtarthavat

na bhavan raksasah saksad
iksvakindm mahdé-rathah

madayantyah patir vira
nadharmam kartum arhasi

dehi me ‘patya-kamaya
akrtartham patim dvijam

ksudhd-drtah—being aggrieved by hunger; jagrhe—caught;
vipram—the braéhmana; tat-patni—his wife; aha—said; akrta-artha-
vat—being unsatisfied, poor and hungry; na—not; bhavan—yourself;
raksasah—a man-eater; sdksdt—directly or factually; iksudkiindm—
among the descendants of Maharaja Iksvaku; mahd-rathah—a great
fighter; madayantyah—of Madayanti; patih—the husband; vira—O
