एष किं निभृताशेषकरणो मीलितेक्षण: । मृषासमाधिराहोस्वित्किं नु स्यात्क्षत्रबन्धुभि: ॥ ३१ ॥
esa kim nibhrtasesa- karano militeksanah mrsa-samadhir ahosvit kim nu syat ksatra-bandhubhih
- esah
- this
- kim
- whether
- nibhrta-asesa
- meditative mood
- karanah
- senses
- milita
- closed
- iksanah
- eyes
- mrsa
- false
- samadhih
- trance
- aho
- remains
- svit
- if it is so
- kim
- either
- nu
- but
- syat
- may be
- ksatra-bandhubhih
- by the lower ksatriya.
Upon returning, he began to contemplate and argue within himself whether the sage had actually been in meditation, with senses concentrated and eyes closed, or whether he had just been feigning trance just to avoid receiving a lower ksatriya.