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1. kasminścit vane pulinda: prativasati sma

in-some-forest Pulinda inhabited

2. sas ca ekadā mŗgayām kartum prasthitas

and he once hunt to-do set-off

3. atha tena prasarpatā parvatabhikharākāras mahāvarāhas samāsāditas

there-upon by-that moving moutain-summit-peak

great-boar was-encountered

4. tam dŗşţvā karņa-antākŗşţa-śareņa sas tena samāhatas

him having-seen by-ear-end-draw-arrow he by-that was-wounded

5. tenāpi varāheņa kopāvişţena vālendu-dyutinā damşţragreņa

and with-that by-boar filled-with-anger

with-young-moon-brulliant(tusk) with-tusk

pāţit: udaras pulindas gataprāņas bhūmau apatat

split-open belly (of)Pulinda breath-gone on-ground fell

6. atha vyādham vyāpādya varāhas api śaraprahāravedanayā mŗtas

there upon hunter having-reached

boar by-arrow-wound-pain died

7. etasmin antare kaścit āsan amŗtyus śŗgālas

in-the-mean-time some close-th-death jackel

itaḥtatas paribhraman tam deśam āgatas

here and there wandered-about the place came

8. yāvat varāha-pulindau paśyati , tāvat prahŗśţas acittayat

as-soon-as boar-Pulinda he-sees, so-long rejoicing considered

9. bhos sa anukūlas me vidhi:

alas, favorable my fate

10. tena etat acintitam bhojanam upasthitam

with-that this unimaginable meal made-avaliable

11. tat aham tathā bhakşayāmi

that i (that much) in-that-way eat

yathā bahūnyahāni me prāņayātrā bhavati

as many-days my support-of-life is

12. tat tāvat prathamam snāyu-pāśam

that as-soon-as first bow-string-tendon-cord

dhanus-koţi-gatam bhakşayāmi

bow-tip-gone i-eat

13. evam mansā niścatya dhanu-koţim

thus by-mind having-determined bow-tim

mukhe kşiptvā snāyum bhakşayitum ārabdha:

in-mouth having-thrown bow-string to-partake-eat took-up

14. tatas ca kartite snāyas tālu vidārya

and thence cut bow-string palate having-torn-open

dhanuş-koţi:s mastakamadyena nişkrāntā

bow-tip through-the-middle-of-head went-out

15. sas api mŗtas

he also died