11.1

· ekadā dakṣiṇāraṇye kaścit tāpasas avasat /

once in-a-southern-forest some ascetic dwelled

· puṣpais phalais mūlais ca upājīvat /

by-flowers-fruits-roots lived-on

· vāram vāram tu vanam tyaktvā samīpasthagrāmān

but sometimes forest having-left nearby-village

āgamya tatra bhikṣām acarat /

having-come there gone-a-begging

· yad bhojanam tasmai pāpasāya dattam

food which to-him of-bad given

tat tena kṛtāñjalinā ādattam /

that with-the-salute-jesture recieved

· yas āhāras tena teṣu grāmeṣu labdha:

food which in-these-villages obtained

sas antimasya grāmasya paryantam ānīya tatra tena khāditas /

he of-last-village outskirts having-brought there with-that ate

· ekasmin divase svaparṇaśālām pratyāgantum

in-this-day own-leaf-hut returned

tam araṇyam praviśya sa tāpasas kṣudhākulena vyāghreṇa dṛṣṭas /

the forest having-entered the ascetic by-hungry-agitated -tiger was-seen

· tasmin eva kṣaṇe vānaragaṇena tam vyāghram

in-that-instant by-monkey the tiger

avalokya kolāhala: kṛta: /

having-looked-at noise was-made

· teṣām śabdais udvignacittas tāpasa ūrdhvam dṛṣṭvā

of-those by-sounds ascetic upwards having-seen

vyāghram vṛkṣaśākhāyām avalokya paramam bhayam agacchat /

tiger in-tree-branch having-perceived formost fear came

· ādai bhayena acalas tatra eva sthitvā

at-first with-fear immobile there having-stood

tatas sahasā māyā idam sarvam iti

thence immediately illusion this all

vedāntadarśane svaguruṇā upadiṣṭam smṛtvā

in-doctrine by-own-guru lesson having-remembered

tīvratapolabdhabalena vṛkṣasya adhastāt māyāmṛgam janayitvā

by-intense-austerity-obtained-power under illusion-animal having-produced

ātmānam eva adṛṣṭarūpam kṛtvā

soul unseen-form having-made-done

parṇaśālām śanais śanais apāgacchat

leaf-hut slowly went-off

· tadantaram vyāghras māyāmṛgam dṛṣṭvā

afterwards tiger illusion-deer having-seen

vṛkṣaśākhāyās avaplutya tam mṛgam anvadhāvat /

from-tree-branch having-jumped-down the animal ran-after

· araṇyasya paryantam dhāvitvā

of-forest outskirts having-ran

yas mṛgas tāpasaprabhāvena kṛta:

deer which by-austerity-power was-made

sa sapadi antardhānam agacchat /

he immediately disappearance went

· mṛgas kutra gata iti cintayitvā

deer where went having-thought

vismayānvita uccais śabdam kṛtvā

loud sound having-made

sa vyāghras tasmāt vanād bahis gatvā

the tiger from-that-forest outside having-gone

anyad vanam praviśya tatra anyam mṛgam anvadrāvat //

another forest having-entered there another deer ran-after