श्रुत्वा पर्जन्यनिनदं मण्डुका: ससृजुर्गिर: । तूष्णीं शयाना: प्राग् यद्वद्ब्राह्मणा नियमात्यये ॥ ९ ॥
śrutvā parjanya-ninadaṁ maṇḍukāḥ sasṛjur giraḥ tūṣṇīṁ śayānāḥ prāg yadvad brāhmaṇā niyamātyaye
- śrutvā
- hearing
- parjanya
- of the rain clouds
- ninadam
- the resounding
- maṇḍukāḥ
- the frogs
- sasṛjuḥ
- emitted
- giraḥ
- their sounds
- tūṣṇīm
- silently
- śayānāḥ
- lying
- prāk
- previously
- yadvat
- just as
- brāhmaṇāḥ
- brāhmaṇa students
- niyama-atyaye
- after finishing their morning duties
The frogs, who had all along been lying silent, suddenly began croaking when they heard the rumbling of the rain clouds, in the same way that brāhmaṇa students, who perform their morning duties in silence begin reciting their lessons when called by their teacher.