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· asti uttarāpathe gṛdhrakūṭa-nāmni parvate mahān pippalavṛkṣa: /

there-is on-north-road Gṛdhrakūta on-moutain large Pippala-tree

· tatra anekavakā nivasanti /

there several-cranes live

· tasya vṛkṣasya adhastāt vivare sarpa: bāāpatyāni khādati /

of-that-tree from-root in-hole serpent young-offspring devours

· atha śokārtānām vakānām vilāpam śrutvā kenacit vakena abhihitam /

now of-sorrow-pained cranes lamentation having-heard by-some crane said

· evam kuruta / yūyam matsyān upādāya nakulavivarāt

thus do you-all fishes having-taken from-ichneumon’s-hole

ārabhya sarpavivaram yāvat paṅktikrameṇa vikirata /

beginning serpent’s-hole up-to by-in-line-series scatter

· tata: tadāhāralubdhai: nakulai: āgatya

then for-that-food-desirous by-ichneumons having-approached

sarpa: draṣṭavya: svabhāvadveṣāt vyāpādaitavya: /

serpant to-be-seen, from-their-nature’s-enmity to-be-killed

· tathā anuṣṭhate tat vṛttam /

so accomplished that happened

· tata: tatra vṛkṣe nakulai: vakaśāvakarāva: śruta:

then there in-tree by-mongooses of-cranes’-young-ones-cry heard

· paścāt tai: vṛkṣam āruhya vakaśāvakā: khāditā: /

afterwards by-them tree having-ascended cranes’-young-ones eaten