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· atha kadācit catrāṅganāma mṛgas kenāpi āsi trāsitas tatra agatya militas /

now one-day Chitrāga deer by-somebody frightened there

having-approached was-met

· tatas paścāt āyāntam mṛgam avalokya bhayam samcintya

thence after approaching deer having-seen, danger suspecting

mamtharas jalam praviṣṭa:

Manthara water entered

mūṣikas ca vivaram gatas kāko-pi uḍdīya vṛkṣāgram ārūḍhas /

and mouse to-hole went, crow also up-flying tree ascended

· tatas laghupatanakena sudūram nirūpya bhayahetus

thence by-Laghupatanaka very-far having-looked fear-cause

na kas api āyāti iti ālocitam /

not any approaches thus was-considered

· paścāt tad vacanād āgatya punas sarve militvā tatra iva upaviṣṭās /

afterwards that from-word having-arrived again all having-met there seated

· manthareṇa uktam / bhadram mṛga svāgatam /

by-Manthara was-said hail deer welcome

· svecchayā udakādyāhāra: anubhūyatām

according-to-your-wish of-water-etc. consisting-food may-be-enjoyed

· atra avasthānena vanam idam sanāthīkriyatām /

here by-residing forest this with-a-lord may-be-andowed

· citramgas brūte / lubdhakatrāsita: aham bhavatām śaraṇam āgatas /

Citramga says by-a-hunter-frightened i of-you protection approached

· bhavadbhi:s saha sakhyam icchāmi / hiraṇyakas avadat /

with you-all friendship i-wish Hiranyaka said

· mitratvam tāvat asmābhis saha bhavatā ayatnena militam /

friendship truly with us by-you without-trouble met

· tat śrutvā mṛgas sānandas bhūtvā svecchāhāram kṛtvā

that having-heard deer full-of-joy having-been according to-own-wish-feeding

kṛtvā pānīyam pītvā, jalāsannatarucchāyāyām upaviṣṭas /

having-done, water having-drunk in-water-near-standing-tree’s-shade settled

· atha manthareṇa uktam /

now by-Manthara was-said

· sakhe mṛga etasmin nirjane vane kena trāsitas asi /

friend deer in-this-lonely-forest by-whom frightened you-are

· kadācit kim vyādhās saṅcaranti ? mṛgeṇa uktam /

ever hunters walk-about by-deer was-said

· asti kalinga-viṣaye rukmāṅgada: nāma narapatis /

there-is in-Kaliṅga-country Rukmāṅgada a-prince

· sas ca dig-vijaya-vyāpāra-krameṇa āgatya

and he by-world-conquest-businesscourse having-approached

· candrabhāgā-nadī-tīre samāvāsita-katakas vartate /

on-Chandrabhāgā-bank having pitched-his camp resides

· prātas ca tena atra āgatya karpūrasara: samīpe bhavitavyam iti

and in-morning by-him here having-arrived in-Karpūra-lake-proximity will-be

vyādhānām mukhāt kimvadantī śrūyate

of-hunters from-mouth a-report is-heard

· tad atra api prātas avasthānam bhaya-hetukam-iti

that here also in-morning residing fear-cause-having

ālocya yathā karyām tathā ārabhyatām

considering accouding-to-the-occaion-action may-be-undertaen

· tat śrutvā kūrmas sa-bhayam āha / jalāśayāntaram gaccāmi /

that having-heard tortoise with-fear says, to-another-water-reservior i-go

· kāka-mṛgau uktavantau / evam gacchāvas api /

crow deer said thus we2-go also