अथवा or else, नरश्रेष्ठौ both foremost among men, तौ both, भ्रातरौ brothers, न्यतशत्रौ laid down their arms, वने in the forest, मूलफलाशनौ eating roots and fruits, वनगोचरौ roaming in the forest as ascetics, संवृत्तौ become.

"May be both the brothers, foremost among men, have laid down their arms, and taken to asceticism, subsisting on roots and fruits.