परिवेक्ष्यमाणं भगवान् विलोक्याभक्ष्यमञ्जसा । राजानमशपत् क्रुद्धो रक्षो ह्येवं भविष्यसि ॥ २२ ॥
pariveksyamanam bhagavan vilokyabhaksyam anjasa rajanam asapat kruddho rakso hy evam bhavisyasi
- pariveksyamanam
- while examining the eatables
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- vilokya
- when he saw
- abhaksyam
- unfit for consumption
- anjasa
- 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.
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.