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· asti kasminścit vanodeśe madotkaṭa: nāma simha: /

there-is in-some-forest-spot Madotkata lion

· tasya sevakā: traya: kāka: vyāghra: jambuka: ca /

of-him servants 3 crow , tiger , jackal

· atha tai: bhramadbhi: kaścit uṣdra: dṛṣṭa: pṛṣṭa: ca /

now by-them-roaming-about some camel was-seen and was-asked

· kuta: bhavān āgata: sārthāt bhraṣṭa: /

whence you approached from-caravan straying ?

seperated from herd

· sa: ca ātmavṛttāntam akathayat /

and he his-history told

· tata: tai: nītvā simhe asau samarpita: /

then by-them having-conducted(him) to-lion he introduced

presented him to lion-king, who granted him asylum and safe conduct and named him Chitrakarna

· tena abhayavācam dattvā citrakarṇa iti nāma kṛtvā sthāpita: /

by-him safety-word having-given Chitrakarna name having-made retained

· atha kadācit samhasya śarīravaikatyāt

now once of-lion’s from-body-indisposition

bhūrivṛṣṭikāraṇāt ca āhāram alabhamānā: te vyagrā babhuvu: /

from-much-rain-on-account a food not-finding they perplexed became

· tata: tai: ālocitam /

then by-them considered

· citrakarṇam eva yathā svāmī vyāpadayati tathā anuṣṭhīyatām /

Citrakarnam how master kills, let-it-be-arranged

· kim anena kaṇṭakabhujā / vyāghra uvāca /

what with-that thorn-eater ? tiger said

· svāminā abhayavācam dattvā anugṛhīta: tat katham evam sambhavati /

by-master safety-word having-given received therefore how thus is-possible ?

· kāka: brūte /

· iha samaye parikṣīṇa: svāmī pāpam api kariṣyati /

here on-occasion fading-away master sin even will-commit

· iti samcintya sarve simhāntikam jagmu: /

having-reflected all lion-near went

· simhenā uktam / āhārārtham kincit prāptam /

by-lion was-said food-purpose anything obtained ?

· tai: uktam / yatnāt api na prāptam kincit /

by-them was-said from-pains even no obtained anything

· simhena uktam / ka: adhunā jīvanopāya: /

by-lion was-said what now living-means ?

· kāka: vadati

· deva svādhīnāhāraparityāgāt sarvanāśa: ayam upasthita: /

Sire from-on-us-dependant-food’s-refusal all-destruction this approached

· simhena uktam / atra āhāra: ka: svādhīna: /

by-lion was-said here food what on-us-dependant ?

what food is at our disposal

· kāka: karṇe kathayati / citrakarṇa

crow into-ear tells Chitrakarṇa