न स्विदेतेऽप्युच्छिष्टा इति न वा अ जीविष्यमिमानखादन्निति होवाच का- मो म उदपानमिति ॥ ४ ॥
In plain words
Are not these pulses also leftovers? Not so, for I would not have survived if I had not eaten them, he said. As for drinking water, it is at my own pleasure.
Close to the Sanskrit
Are not these also leftovers? Not so, indeed I would not have lived eating these, thus he spoke; water-drinking is at my pleasure, thus.