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· asit kalyāṇa-kaṭaka-vāstavyas bhairavas nāma vyadhas /

there-was of-Kalyāna-kataka-inhabitant Bhairava a-hunter

· sas ca ekadā mṛgam anviṣyamāṇas vindhyāṭavīm gatavān /

and he once deer pursuing to-Vindhya-forest went

· tatas tena vyāpaditam mṛgam ādāya gaccatā

then by-him killed-deer having-taken-up going

ghorākṛtis śūkaras dṛṣṭas /

of-formidable-appearance boar was-seen

· tena vyādhena mṛgam bhūmau nidhāya śūkaras śareṇa hatas /

by-that-hunter deer on-ground having-laid boar with-arrow hit

· śūkareṇa api ghanaghoragarjanam kṛtvā

by-boar even as-of-clouds-a-terrible-roar having-made

· sas vyādhas muṣkadeśe hatas chinna-druma iva papāta /

the hunter in-groin struck tree-cut-at-root like fell

· atha tayo:s pādāsphālanena sarpas api mṛtas /

now of-them by-feet-trampling snake also was-killed

· atha anantaram dīrgharāvas nāma jambukas paribhraman āhārārthī

now afterwards Dīrgharāva jackal roaming-about food-seeking

tān mṛtān mṛga-vyādha-sarpa -śūkarān apaśyat acintayat ca /

those dead deer-hunter-serpent-boor saw and contemplated

· ahas adya mahad bhojyam me samupasthitam / athavā

oh today great meal of-me fallen-in-the-way however

· tat bhavatu / eṣām mamsais māsatrayam me sukhena gamiṣyati /

that let-be of-these with-flesh 3 months to-me pleasantly will-pass