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· asmākam nagaram śobhanam sthānam /

our city beautiful place

· uccās vṛkṣās mārgāṇām pārśve rohanti /

tall trees of-roads on-side grow

· mārgās samās bhavanti /

roads level are

· atas nṛpasya rathas nagarasya mārgeṣu śoghram gacchati /

therefore king’s chariot on-city’s-roads swiftly goes

· keṣucid bhāgeṣu mārgās na samā: /

on-some-parts roads no level

· tatra nṛpasya rathas na gacchati /

there king’s chariot no goes

· yadā yadā nṛpa: nagarasya bahis vanam rathe gacchati

when-ever king outside-of-city forest in-chariot goes

tadā tadā prabhūtās janās gṛhebhyas nṛpasya darśanāya āgacchanti /

then many people from-houses of-king for-seeing come

· kāle kāle bālās mārgeṣu krīdanti

from-time-to-time children in-roads play

tadā sūtas ca bhayāt śīghram ratham na vahati /

then and driver from-fear quickly chariot no pull

· nagarasya madhye nṛpasya prāsādas tiśṭhati /

in-middle-of-city king’s palace stands

· prāsādasya samīpe prabhūtāni gṛhāṇi vidyante /

of-palace in-vicinity many houses exist

· gṛhāṇām kānicid alpāni bhavanti

of-houses some small are

kānicid madhyamāni kānicid mahānti /

some medium some grand

· alpeṣu gṛheṣu daridrās janās vasanti mahatsu gṛheṣu sadhanās /

in-small-houses poor people dwell, in-grand-houses rich

· itastatas vṛṣabhā: vividhais phalai: sampūrnān śakaḍān mārgeṣu vahanti /

here-and-there bulls with-various-fruits full carts on-roads pull

· ādityasya tāpena vṛṣabhās śanais śanais eva calanti /

by-the-sun’s-heat bulls slowly move

· yadā nṛpas vanam rathe agacchat

when king forest in-chariot went

tadā mṛgam śareṇa avidhyat /

then deer with-arrow did-hit

· yadā mṛgas mṛtas apatat

when deer dead fell

tadā nṛpas sukhena sampūrṇas abhavat /

then king with-happiness full was

· sūtam avadat / mṛgam māraṇam dhīram /

driver said deer act-of-killing brave

· naras māraṇena utsavam gacchati

man with-killing feast goes

· tatas nṛpas prāsādam punas agacchat /

therefore king palace again went

· tatra mamsena ākrāntas ekākī eva niveśane avasat /

there with-meat filled alone in-chamber dwelled