Brihat Samhita
क्षुत्प्रम्लानशरीरा मुनयो अप्युत्सृष्टधर्मसच्चरिताः । निर्मांसबालहस्ताः कृच्छ्रेण आयान्ति परदेशम् ॥ ३-१३ ॥
Even Ṛṣis, reduced to mere skeletons by starvation, giving up their pious course of life, with fleshless infants in their arms.
english translation
kSutpramlAnazarIrA munayo apyutsRSTadharmasaccaritAH । nirmAMsabAlahastAH kRcchreNa AyAnti paradezam ॥ 3-13 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript