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· asti ujjayinyām mādhava: nāma vipra: /

there-is in-Ujjayinī Mādhava brāhman

· tasya brāhmaṇī prasūtā bālāpatyasya

of-him wife having-born of-young-child

rakṣārtham brāhmaṇam avasthāpya snātum gatā /

protection-purpose brāhman having-left to-bathe gone

· atha brāhmaṇāya rājña: pārvaṇa śrāddham dātum āhvānam āgatam /

now to-brāhman king’s monthly Shrāddha to-give invitation came

· tat śrutvā brāhmaṇa: sahajadāridrāt acintayat /

that having-heard brāhman from-his-natural-poverty reflected

· yadi satvaram na gacchāmi

if with-haste no i-go

tadā anya: kaścit śrutvā śrāddham grahīṣyati /

then another someone having-heard śrāddham will-take

· kintu bālakasya atra rakṣaka: na asti /

but of-child here guardian no is

· tat kim karomi / yātu cirakālapālitam imam nakulam

that what i-do well long-time-cherished this mongoose

putranirviśeṣam bālakarakṣāyām vyavasthāpya gacchāmi /

son-without-difference in-child’s-protection having-placed i-go

· tathā kṛtvā gata: /

so having-done went

· tata: tena nakulena bālakasamīpam āgacchan kṛṣṇasarpa: dṛṣṭvā

then by-that mongoose child’s-proximity approaching snake having-seen

vyāpādya kopāt khaṇḍam khaṇḍam kṛtvā khādita: /

having-killed from-anger tearing-apart having-made, devoured

· tata: asau nakula brāhmaṇam āyāntam avalokya

then the mongoose brāhman coming-near having-seen

rakraviliptamukhapāda: satvaram upāgamya tat caraṇayo: luloṭha /

with-blood-smeared-mouth-feet with-haste having-approached at-his-feet-rolled

· tata: sa: vipra: upasṛtya apatyam paśyati brāhmaṇa:

then the sage having-approached child looks brāhman

tāvat bālaka: sustha: sarpa: ca vyāpādita: tiṣṭhati /

then child healthy and snake killed lies