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## Ninth Canto
**175**
Then, those who were leading the Kacc, Mahakacc and Marici, were broken within six months by hunger and other hardships. ||10||
Their bodies, emaciated by hunger, had unsteady, wandering eyes. Their wandering vision seemed to be a rehearsal for the future. ||105||
Some saw darkness, even in darkness, as if a hundred moons were vying with the sky. ||106||
Others perceived the entire universe as sound, as if they were contemplating the Vaisheshika doctrine that the sky is characterized by sound. ||107||
Still others, falling down, were not even conscious, as if they were trying to make their souls inert. ||108||
Others, though conscious, were unable to express themselves. They became resigned to their own state, like the Purusha of the Samkhya philosophy. ||109||
Some, with their intellect destroyed by the lack of any support, did not remember anything. They were like the Buddhists, who follow the doctrine of momentariness. ||110||
Thus, with their minds greatly disturbed by hunger, thirst, and other afflictions, they gradually abandoned their bodies and fled. ||111||
As long as one's body is satisfied, one follows one's master, family, children, and moral principles. ||112||
They, the kings, were about to eat fruits and roots, drink water, and bathe, all in their naked state, when the words of the gods were clearly heard in the sky: "Do not engage in such behavior, which is contrary to the nature of a self-controlled person, in this naked form." ||113-114||
Then, terrified and ashamed, they looked in all directions and, using kusa grass, cloth, and bark, they changed their naked attire. ||115||