क्रूरकर्मकराकारात्संगताशुभदायिनः ।तस्माद्विशेषेण जना राक्षसादिव दुद्रुवुः
In plain words
From him -- whose very form was that of a doer of cruel deeds, who brought misfortune on any who associated with him -- the people fled all the more, as from a rākṣasa.