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· asti gautamasya araṇye prastutayajña: kaścit brāhmaṇa: /

there-is in-Gautama’s-forest having-undertaken-a-sacrifice some brāhman

· sa: ca yajñārtham grāmāntarāt chāgam upakrīya

and he for-sacrifice’s-purpose goat having-bought

skandhe nītvā gacchan dhūrtatrayeṇa avalokita: /

on-shoulder carrying going by-3-rogues perceived

· tata: te dhūrtā yadi eṣa chāga: kena api upāyena

then those rogues if this goat by-some-stratagem

labhyate tadā matiprakarṣa: bhavati iti samālovya vṛkṣatrayatale

is-obtained then wit-superiority is having-reflected,, at-tree-rogue’s-foot

trośāntareṇa tasya brāhmaṇasya agamanam pratīkṣya pathi sthitā: /

in-rosha’s-interval of-that brāhman approach expecting by-way stood

· tatra ekena dhūrtena gacchan sa: brāhmaṇa: abhihita: /

there by-one-rogue going that brāhan accosted

· bho brāhmaṇa kim iti kukkura: skandhena uhyate /

why dog on-shoulder is-carried ?

· vipreṇa uktam / na ayam śvā kintu yajñacchāya: /

by-sage was-said no this dog but sacrifice-goat

· atha anantarasthitena anyena dhūrtena tathā eva uktam

now by-further-on-standing-other-rogue thus likewise was-said

a rogue further down the road

· tad ākarṇya brāhmaṇa: chāgam bhūmau nidhāya muhu:

that having-heard brāhman goat on-ground having-laid repeatedly

nirīkṣya puna: skandhe kṛtvā dolāyamānamati: calita: /

having-eyed, again on-shoulder having-taken wavering-minded went