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· asti magadha-deśe campakavatī nāma araṇyānī /

is in-Magadha-country Champakavatī large-wood

· tasyām cirāt mahatā snehena mṛga-kākau nivasatas /

therein since-long with-great-affection deer-crow dwell

· sas ca mṛgas khecchayā bhrāmyan

and the deer with-his-lpeasure roaming

bhram pap

· hṛishṭa-pushṭa-aṅgas kenacit śṛgālena ava-lokitas /

frisky-fat-limbed by-some-jackal was-espied

· tam dṛṣṭvā śrgālas acintayat /

him having-seen jackal thought

· ā: katham etad-māmsam su-latitam bhakshayāmi /

ah how of-him-meat very-delicate i-eat

· bhavatu vi-śvāsam tāvat ud-pādayāmi /

let-be confidence first i-produce

· iti ā-lochya upa-sṛtya abravīt /

thus having-thought having-approached said

· mitra kuśalam te / mṛgeṇa uktam / kas tvam ?

friend, hail to-you by-deer said who you

· sas brūte / kṣudrabuddhi-nāmā jambukas aham /

he speaks Kshudrabuddhi jackal i

· atra araṇye bandhu-hīnas mṛta-van nivasāmi

here in-forest relation-deprived deak-like i-dwell

· idānīm tvām mitram ā-sādya punar

now you friend having-found again

sa-bandhus jīva-lokam pra-vishṭas asmi /

relation-possessed living-world entered i-am

· adhunā tava anu-chareṇa mayā sarvathā bhavitavyam mṛgeṇa uktam /

now of-you atendant by-me wholly to-be by-deer said

bhū future pp

· evam astu tatas paścāt astam-gate savitari bhagavati

thus let-be there-after having-gone-home in-sun in-venerable

marīci-mālini tau mṛgasya vāsa-bhūmim gatau

in-ray-garlanded those2 of-deer to-dwelling-place proceeded

· tatra champaka-vṛiksha-śakhāyām subuddhi-nāmā kākas

there on-Champaka-tree-branch Subuddhi a-crow

mṛgasya cira-mitram ni-vasati / tau dṛṣṭvā kāka: avadat /

of-deer old-friend dwells those2 having-seen crow said

· sakhe citra-aṅga kas ayam dvitīyas / mṛgas brūte /

friend Chitrāṅga who this second ? deer says

· jambukas ayam asmad-sakhyam icchan ā-gatas / kākas brūte /

jackal this our-friendship wishing approached crow says

· mitra a-kasmāt ā-gantunā saha maitrī na yuktā /

friend, from-no-where with-comer friendship not proper

yuj ppp