नाहं प्रतीच्छे वै राजन्नित्युक्त्वा स्वाम्यपाक्रमत् । नान्यद् गवामप्ययुतमिच्छामीत्यपरो ययौ ॥ २१ ॥
nāhaṁ pratīcche vai rājann ity uktvā svāmy apākramat nānyad gavām apy ayutam icchāmīty aparo yayau
- na
- not
- aham
- I
- pratīcche
- want
- vai
- indeed
- rājan
- O King
- iti
- thus
- uktvā
- saying
- svāmī
- the owner
- apākramat
- went away
- na
- not
- anyat
- in addition
- gavām
- of cows
- api
- even
- ayutam
- ten thousand
- icchāmi
- I want
- iti
- thus saying
- aparaḥ
- the other (brāhmaṇa)
- yayau
- left
The present owner of the cow said, “I don’t want anything in exchange for this cow, O King,” and went away. The other brāhmaṇa declared, “I don’t want even ten thousand more cows [than you are offering],” and he too went away.