Verse 23

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In plain words

A wound, or scraps of food left on the body — leave it unwashed for three days, and worms come swarming out of it, thick with stench.

Close to the Sanskrit

A wound, or food, on the body — if it is not washed off for three days, there arise on it many worms mingled with foul stench.