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· asti mālavadeśe padmagarbha-nāmadheyam sara: /

there-is in-Mālava-country Padmagarbha pool

· tatra eka: vṛddha: vaka:

there an old crane

sāmarthyahīna udvignam iva atmānam darśayitvā sthita: /

strength-deprived distressed like himself showing stood

· sa: ca kenacit kulīreṇa dṛṣṭa: pṛṣṭa: ca /

and he by-some-crab seen and asked

· kim iti bhavān atra ahāratāgena tiṣṭhati /

why you here with-dood-avandonment stay ?

· vakena uktam / matsyā mama jīvanahetava: /

by-crane was-said fishes of-me life-means

· te kaivarttai: āgatya vyāpādayitavyā iti

they by-fishermen, having-approached to-be-killed

vārttā nagaropānte mayā śrutā /

report in-town’s-neighborhood by-me heard

· ata: vartanābhāvāt eva asmanmaraṇam upasthitam iti

therefore from-livelihood-want surely our-death approached

jñātvā ahāre api anādara: kṛta: /

having-perceived for-food also disregard made

· tata: matsyai: ālocitam /

then by-fishes considered

· iha samaye tāvat upakāraka eva ayam lakṣyate /

here on-occasion so-long-as benefactor this-one is-seen

he may be able to help us. Let us ask him what we should do

· tat ayam eva yathā kartavyam pṛcchyatām /

that he even as to-be-acted be-asked

· bho vaka ka: atra rakṣaṇopāya: /

crane, what here safety-means ?

· vaka: brūte / asti rakṣaṇopāya jalāśayāntarāśrayaṇam /

there-is safety-means to-another-water-reservoir-resorting

· tatra aham ekaikaśa: yuṣman nayāmi /

there i one-by-one you carry

· matsyā āhu: / evam astu /

fishes say thus be-it

· tata: asau vaka: tān matsyān ikaikasa: nītvā khādati /

then the crane those fishes one-by-one having-carried eats

· anantram kulīra: tam uvāca /

thereupon crab him accosted

· bho vaka mām api tatra naya /

crane, me also there carry

· tata: vaka: api apūrvakulīramāmsārthī sādaram

then crane also for-new-crab-flesh-longing with-care

tam nītvā sthale dhṛtavān /

him carrying on-dry-land kept

· kulīra: api matsyakamṭakākīrṇam tat sthalam ālokya acintayat /

crab also with-fish-bones-covred that-place seeing reflected

· hā hata: asmi mandabhāgya: / bhavatu /

alas slain i-am miserable-fated be-it

· idānīm samayocitam vyavahariṣyāmi /

now to-the-occasion-suitably i-shall-behave

· iti ālovya , kulīra: tasya grovām ciccheda /

having-considered crab of-him throat cut

· sa: vaka: paṅcatvam gata: /

the crane to-death gone