राक्षसं भावमापन्न: पादे कल्माषतां गत: । व्यवायकाले ददृशे वनौकोदम्पती द्विजौ ॥ २५ ॥
raksasam bhavam apannah pade kalmasatam gatah vyavaya-kale dadrse vanauko-dampati dvijau
- raksasam
- man-eating
- bhavam
- propensity
- apannah
- 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.
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.