तत: सुदासस्तत्पुत्रो दमयन्तीपतिर्नृप: । आहुर्मित्रसहं यं वै कल्माषाङ्घ्रिमुत क्वचित् । वसिष्ठशापाद् रक्षोऽभूदनपत्य: स्वकर्मणा ॥ १८ ॥
tatah sudasas tat-putro damayanti-patir nrpah ahur mitrasaham yam vai kalmasanghrim uta kvacit vasistha-sapad rakso ’bhud anapatyah sva-karmana
- tatah
- from Sarvakama
- sudasah
- Sudasa was born
- tat-putrah
- the son of Sudasa
- damayanti-patih
- the husband of Damayanti
- nrpah
- he became king
- ahuh
- it is said
- mitrasaham
- Mitrasaha
- yam vai
- also
- kalmasanghrim
- by Kalmasapada
- uta
- known
- kvacit
- sometimes
- vasistha-sapat
- being cursed by Vasistha
- raksah
- a man-eater
- abhut
- became
- anapatyah
- without any son
- sva-karmana
- by his own sinful act.
Sarvakama had a son named Sudasa, whose son, known as Saudasa, was the husband of Damayanti. Saudasa is sometimes known as Mitrasaha or Kalmasapada. Because of his own misdeed, Mitrasaha was sonless and was cursed by Vasistha to become a man-eater (Raksasa).