Verse 1

¹Visvarupa had three heads, Bharata: one that drank soma, one that drank wine, and one that ate food. So we have heard. ²At the sacred grass he gave the gods their share openly and aloud, for the gods were his fathers, king, and he did it with respect. ³And that same one gave a share out of sight to the demons; for as the officiant he carried a share to them, being under the sway of love for his mother. ⁴The lord of the gods saw that slighting of the gods, that lie inside dharma, and in fear he cut his heads off at once, in anger. ⁵The head that drank soma became a francolin, the one that drank wine a sparrow, and the one that ate food a partridge.