एवं करुणभाषिण्या विलपन्त्या अनाथवत् । व्याघ्र: पशुमिवाखादत् सौदास: शापमोहित: ॥ ३३ ॥
evam karuna-bhasinya vilapantya anathavat vyaghrah pasum ivakhadat saudasah sapa-mohitah
- evam
- in this way
- karuna-bhasinyah
- while the brahmana’s wife was speaking very pitiably
- vilapantyah
- lamenting severely
- anatha-vat
- exactly like a woman who has no protector
- vyaghrah
- a tiger
- pasum
- prey animal
- iva
- like
- akhadat
- ate up
- saudasah
- King Saudasa
- sapa
- by the curse
- mohitah
- because of being condemned.
Being condemned by the curse of Vasistha, King Saudasa devoured the brahmana, exactly as a tiger eats its prey. Even though the brahmana’s wife spoke so pitiably, Saudasa was unmoved by her lamentation.