Verse 129

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In plain words

As long as the traveler holds off eating the food on his shoulder, he carries both the worry that it might be touched and the ache of hunger. The moment he eats it, both troubles are gone.

Close to the Sanskrit

As long as the traveler does not eat the ready-made food carried on [his] shoulder, so long [he bears] the fear of its being touched and the pain of hunger; when it is eaten, those two do not occur [any more].