Shiva Purana
क्षुधा निश्शेषरोगाणां व्याधिः श्रेष्ठतमः स्मृतः ॥ स चान्नौषधिलेपेन नश्यतीह न संशयः ॥ २२ ॥
Hunger is the acutest of all ailments. There is no doubt that it perishes on the application of the medicinal ointment viz food.
english translation
kSudhA nizzeSarogANAM vyAdhiH zreSThatamaH smRtaH ॥ sa cAnnauSadhilepena nazyatIha na saMzayaH ॥ 22 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript