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kenacid brāhmaṇena śrāddham dātum
by-a-certain-brāhman
ceremony to-give-perform
āhvānam nareśvarāt labdham /
invitation from-Nareśvara received
·
yasmāt tasya bhāryā tasmin kāle gṛhe na abhavat
from-which his
wife in-that-time in-house
no was
tasmāt bālasya rakṣārtham tatra na anyas atiṣṭhat /
from-that of-child
protection-purpose there no
other stood
·
yadi satvaram na gacchāmi
if quickly
no i-go
tadā anyas kaścid āhvānam grahīṣyati iti cintayitvā
then other
some invitation will-grasp having-contemplated
tena dvijena dīrgham kālam pālitam nakulam
by-that-twice-born long
time protected mongoose
mama
bālasya
rakṣārtham avasthāpayāmi iti nirṇītam /
of-my-child protection-purpose i-leave-behind decided
·
anantaram ekas sarpas bālasya samīpam āgamya
afterwards a
snake of-child near
having-come
nakulena dṛṣṭas
vyāpāditas ca /
mongoose having-seen
and destroyed
·
śrāddham kṛtvā tena brāhmaṇena gṛham pratyāgamya
ceremony having-done by-that-brāhman house
having-returned
raktena viliptam nakulam avalokya mama putras
with-blood smeared
mongoose
having-looked-at my son
nakulena bhakṣitas iti cintayitvā sas nakulas laguḍena hatas /
by-mongoose ate
having-thought, he mongoose
with-club killed
·
sa: sahasā eva paṅcatvam gatas /
he by-force
went-to-fiveness-died
·
tatas brāhmaṇas putram śayyāyām sustham dṛṣṭvā
thence brāhman son
in-bed safe-and-sound having-seen
mahat pāpam mayā kṛtam iti viditvā paramam viṣādam gata: /
great sin
my-me did having-known, foremost
dispair
went