Verse 39·VR 4.17.39

पंच पंच नखा भक्ष्या ब्रह्म क्षत्रेण राघव | शल्यकः श्वाविधो गोधा शशः कूर्मः च पंचमः || १-१७-३९

ashubham ca api ayuk{}tam ca sataam ca eva vigarhitam |vakshyase ca iidR^isham kR^itvaa sadbhiH saha samaagataH || 1-17-45

Translation

"Raghava, five kinds of five-nailed animals, viz., a kind of wild rodent, a kind of wild-boar, a kind of lizard, a hare and fifthly the turtle are edible for Brahmans and Kshatriya-s. [4-17-39]

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