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· asti uttarāpathe arbudaśikharanāmni parvate nāma mahāviktrama: simha: /

there-is on-north-road on-Arbuda-meak mountain Kurdānta of-great-valor lion

· tasya parvatakamdaram adhiśayānasya keśarāgram

of-him on-moutain-cave sleeping mane-tip

kaścit mūṣika: pratyaham chitatti /

some mouse daily nibbles

· tata: keśarāgram lūnam dṛṣṭvā

thence mane-tip cut having-seen

kupita: vivarāmtargatam mūṣikam alabhamāna: acintayat /

enraged hole-entered mouse not-catching he-thought

· kṣudraśatru: bhavedya: tu viktramān na eva labhyate /

small-enemy should-be-who but, through valour not indeed is-caught

· tam āhantum puraskārya: sadṛśa: tasya sainika: /

him to-slay to-be-employed similar to-him a-combatant

· iti ālovya tena grāmam gatvā

thus having-reflected by-him to-village having-gone

viśvāsam kṛtvā dadhikarṇanāmā viḍāla:

condidence having-made Kadhikarna cat

yatnena anīya māmsāhāram dattvā svakamdare sthāpita: /

with-difficulty having-led-near meat-food having-given in-cave placed

· anantaram tad bhayāt mūṣika: api bilāt na ni:sarati /

afterwards that from-fear mouse even from-hole no goes-out

· mūṣikaśabdam yadā yadā śṛṇoti

mouse’s-voice when-ever hears

tadā tadā mānsāhāradānena tam viḍālam sanvardhayati ‘

then-ever with-meat-food-giving that cat regales

· atha ekadā sa: mūṣika: kṣudhāpīḍita: bahi: saṅcaran

now one-day the mouse hunger-pained out coming

viḍālena prāpta: vyāpādita: ca /

by-cat caught and killed

· anantaram sa: simha: anekakālam yāvat mūṣikam

thereupon the lion many-times while mouse

na pasyati tat kṛtarāvam api na śṛṇoti

no sees that made-sound also not hears

tadā tasya anupayogāt viḍālasya api āhāradāne mandādara: babhūva /

then her because of-uselessness of-cat even for-food-giving little-caring was

· tata: asau āhāravirahāt durvala: dadhikarṇa: avasanna: babhūva /

thence that from-food-want strengthless Dadhikarna away-pining was