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· asti jīrṇodhāne mandaviṣa: nāma sarpa: /

there-is in-old-garden Mandavisha snake

· sa: atijīrṇatayā āhāram api anveṣṭum akṣama:

he with-over-agedness food even to-seek unable

sarastīre patitvā sthita: /

on-pond’s-bank having-fallen remained

· tata: dūrāt eva kenacit maṇḍūkena dṛṣṭa: pṛṣṭa: ca /

then from-afar by-some-frog seen asked

· kim iti tvam āhāram na anviṣasi / sarpa: avadat /

why you food no seek ?

· gaccha bhadra mama mandabhāgyasya praśnena kim /

go good-sir of-me ill-fated with-questioning what ?

what’s the point in asking poor me

· tata: saṅjātakautuka: sa: ca bheka: sarvathā kathyatām iti āha /

then roused-curiosity and that frog ‘wholly-let-it-be-told’ says

· sarpa: api āha / bhadram brahnapuravāsina:

snake also says good-sir of-brahmapura-living

śrotriyasya kauṇḍinyasya putra: vimśativarṣīya:

Shrotria-Kauṇḍinya’s son 20-years-old

sarvaguṇasampanna: durdaivāt mama nṛśamsasvabhāvāt danṣṭa: /

all-qualities-endowed from-ill-fate of-me from-cruel-naure was-bitten

· tam putram suśīlanāmānam mṛtam ālokya

that son Suśīla dead having-seen

mūrchita: kauṇḍinya: pṛthivyām luloṭha

fainting Kauṣḍinya on-ground rolled

· tata: aham tena śokākulena brāhmaṇena śapta:

then i by-that-sorrow-afflicted brāhman cursed

yat adya arabhya maṇḍūkānām bhaviṣyasi iti /

that today beginning of-frogs a-vehicle-you-shall-be

because of priest’s curse, I stay here to carry frogs around

· ata: brāhmaṇaśāpāt maṇḍūkān voḍhum atra tiṣṭhāmi /

hence from-brāhman’s-curse frogs to-carry here i-stay

· anantaram tena maṇḍūkena gatvā maṇḍūkanāthasya

thereupon by-that-frog having-gone of-frog-lord

jālapādanāmna: agre tat kathitam /

Jālapāda in-front that related

· tata: asau āgatya maṇḍūkanātha: tasya sarasya pṛṣṭham ārūḍhavān /

then that having-approached frog-lord of-that snake the-back ascended

· sa: ca sarpa: tam pṛṣṭhe kṛtvā citrapadakramam babhrāma /

and that snake him on-back placing at-wondrous-pace roamed-about