প্রাণ-রক্ষা লাগি' যেবা করেন ভক্ষণ ।
তাহা খাঞা আপনাকে কহে নির্বেদ-বচন ॥ ৩১৩ ॥
prana-raksa lagi' yeba karena bhaksana
taha khana apanake kahe nirveda-vacana
prana-raksa lagi'-to maintain life; yeba-whatever; karena bhaksana-he ate; taha khana-eating that; apanake-to himself; kahe-said; nirveda-vacana-words of reproach.
Whatever he ate was only to keep his body and soul together, and when he ate he would reproach himself thus.