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·
kasminścit tarau
vāyasandapatī
nivasata: /
in-some-tree a-crow-pair
resides
·
tayo: ca
apatyāni tat-koṭarāva-sthitena kṛṣṇa-sarpeṇa
khāditāni /
and of-them the-young-ones by-an-in-its-hollow-staying
black-serpent devoured
·
tata:
puna: garbhavatī vāyasī vāyasam āha
/
then again
breeding female male
crow accosts
·
nātha tyajyatām ayam
taru: /
my-lord to-be-left this
tree
·
atra avasthita-kṛṣṇa-sarpeṇa avayo:
santati: satatam bhakṣyate /
here by-staying-black-serpent of-us2
offspring constantly is-eaten
·
vāyasa:
brūte / priye
na bhetavyam /
crow says
my-dear not to-be-feared
·
vāram vāram
mayā etasya mahāparādha: soḍha: /
again again
by-me of-this-one great-offence borne
·
idānīm puna:
na kṣantavya: / tena yuddham
kariṣyāmi
now again
no to-be-endured with-him
battle i-will-do
· vāyasī
āha /
female
says
·
katham etena
balavatā sārdham bhavān vigrahītum samartha:
/
how with-this-powerful-one together
you to-contend able
?
·
vāyasa:
brūte / alam
anayā śamkayā /
crow says enough with-this-fear