स कदाचिद्वने क्वापि रममाणौ किशोरकौ ।। अपश्यदन्तकाकारो नवोढौ मुनिदम्पती ।। १८ ।।
Once, somewhere in the forest, the king who was as hideous as the god of death saw a newly married couple—a young sage and his young wife indulging in sexual dalliance.
राक्षसः स नराहारः किशोरं मुनिनन्दनम् ।। जग्धुं जग्राह शापार्त्तो व्याघ्रो मृगशिशुं यथा ।। १९ ।।
The demon habituated to eat human flesh in his distressed state due to the curse caught hold of the young sage in order to eat him like a tiger seizing a fawn.