Verse 8

¹Rama, Rama of great strength! Krsna, who puts down the wicked! This hunger is hard on us, and you two should do something about it. ²Told this by the cowherds, the Bhagavan, Devaki's son, meaning to show his favour to a brahmin's wife who was given over to him, said this. ³Go to the place of sacrifice. Brahmins who talk of Brahman are sitting there at a session called the Angirasa, out of a wish for heaven. ⁴Go there, cowherds, and ask them for cooked rice, saying that we sent you, and naming the Bhagavan my elder brother, and me. ⁵Told this by the Bhagavan, they went and asked as he had said, joining their hands and falling to the ground like sticks before the brahmins.

⁶Gods on earth, listen. We do what Krsna says. Know that we cowherds have come here sent by Rama — good fortune to you. ⁷Rama and the Unfallen are grazing the cows not far from here and they want food, being hungry. You know dharma best, brahmins: if you have any faith in it, give food to those two, who are asking. ⁸Best of the good, apart from the consecration itself, the rite with the animal, and the Sautramani, even a man under consecration is not defiled by eating.