तां नीयमानां तत्स्वामी दृष्ट्वोवाच ममेति तम् । ममेति परिग्राह्याह नृगो मे दत्तवानिति ॥ १७ ॥
tāṁ nīyamānāṁ tat-svāmī dṛṣṭrovāca mameti tam mameti parigrāhy āha nṛgo me dattavān iti
- tām
- her, the cow
- nīyamānām
- being led away
- tat
- her
- svāmī
- master
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- uvāca
- said
- mama
- mine
- iti
- thus
- tam
- to him
- mama
- mine
- iti
- thus
- parigrāhī
- he who had accepted the gift
- āha
- said
- nṛgaḥ
- King Nṛga
- me
- to me
- dattavān
- gave
- iti
- thus
When the cow’s first owner saw her being led away, he said, “She is mine!” The second brāhmaṇa, who had accepted her as a gift, replied, “No, she’s mine! Nṛga gave her to me.”