तथेति स वनं गत्वा मृगान् हत्वा क्रियार्हणान् । श्रान्तो बुभुक्षितो वीर: शशं चाददपस्मृति: ॥ ७ ॥
tatheti sa vanam gatva mrgan hatva kriyarhanan sranto bubhuksito virah sasam cadad apasmrtih
- tatha
- according to the direction
- iti
- thus
- sah
- Vikuksi
- vanam
- to the forest
- gatva
- going
- mrgan
- animals
- hatva
- killing
- kriya-arhanan
- suitable for offering to the yajna in the sraddha ceremony
- srantah
- when he was fatigued
- bubhuksitah
- and hungry
- virah
- the hero
- sasam
- a rabbit
- ca
- also
- adat
- he ate
- apasmrtih
- forgetting (that the flesh was meant for offering in the sraddha).
Thereafter, Iksvaku’s son Vikuksi went to the forest and killed many animals suitable for being offered as oblations. But when fatigued and hungry he became forgetful and ate a rabbit he had killed.