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· asti magadha-deśe phullotpalābhidhānam sara:

there-is in-ṃagadha-country Phullotpala-named pond

· tatra ciram saṅkaṭa-vikaṭa-nāmānau hamsau nivasata:

there long Saṅkaṭa Vikaṭa 2-geese dwell

· tayo: mitram kambugrīvanāmā kūrma: ca prativasati /

of-them friend Kambugrīva tortoise near-dwells

· atha ekadā dhīvarai: āgatya tatra uktam

now once by-fishermen having-approached there said

yat atra asmābhi: adya uṣitvā prāta: matsya-kūrmādaya: vyāpādayitavyā: /

that here by-us today having-stayed in-morning fishes-tortoises-etc to-be-killed

· tat ākarṇya kūrma: hamsau āha /

that having-heard tortoise 2-geese accosts

· suhṛdau śruta: ayam dhīvarālāpa: /

friends heard this fishermen’s-conversation

· adhunā kim mayā kartaṣyam /

now what by-me to-be-done ?

· hamsau āhatu: /

2-geese say

jñāyatām puna: tāvat prāta: yat ucitam tat kartaśyam

let-it-be-known however first in-morning what proper that to-be-done

· kūrma: brūte /

tortoise says

mā evam yata: dṛṣṭavyatikara: aham atra

not so, for of-evident-misfortune i here

i see danger in this

· aham atra tyajāmi

i here leave