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· asti hastināpure vilāsa: nāma rajaka: /

there-is in-Hastināpura Vilāsa washerman

· tasya gardabha: ativāhanāt durvala: mumūrṣu: iva abhavat /

of-him donkey from-over-carrying weakened going-to-die almost was

overworked and tired

· tata: tena rajakena asau vyāghra-carmaṇā

then by-that washerman he with-a-tiger’s-skin

pracchādya araṇya-samīpe śasya-kṣetre niyukta: /

having-covered in-forest’s-proximity on-corn-field placed

covered donkey with tiger skin put him out to pasture in a corn field

· tata: dūrāt tam avalokya vyāghrabuhyā kṣetrapataya: satvaram palāyante /

then from-afar him having-seen from-tiger-supposition field-owners

thinking it was a tiger with-haste run-away

· atha ekadā kena api śasyarakṣakeṇa dhūṣarakambalakṛtatanutrāṇena

now one-day by-some corn-guard having-an-of-grey-cloth-made-body-covering

dhanu:kānḍam sajjīkṛtya anatakāyenaikānte sthitam /

bow-arrow having-made-ready with-bent-body at-one-end stood

· tam ca dūrāt dṛṣṭvā gardabha: puṣṭāmga:

and him from-afar hav ing-seen donkey fat-limbed

yatheṣṭaśasya-bhakṣaṇa-jāta-bala: gardabhī iyam iti

with-by-freeley-corn-eating-produced-strength donkeyess this

matvā uccai: śabdam kurvāṇa: tadabhimukham dhāvita:

having-thought aloud voice making him-towards running

śasyarakṣakeṇa citkāraśabdāt niścitya gardabha: ayam iti

by-corn-guard from-braying-noise ascerting donkey this