Withdrew a little space, and cried:

“Ha, short lived wretches, ye who dare,

In hermit dress with matted hair,

Armed each with arrows, sword, and bow,

Through Daṇḍak's pathless wood to go:

How with one dame, I bid you tell,

Can you among ascetics dwell?

Who are ye, sinners, who despise

The right, in holy men's disguise?

The great Virádha, day by day