कृकलासं गिरिनिभं वीक्ष्य विस्मितमानसा: । तस्य चोद्धरणे यत्नं चक्रुस्ते कृपयान्विता: ॥ ३ ॥
kṛkalāsaṁ giri-nibhaṁ vīkṣya vismita-mānasāḥ tasya coddharaṇe yatnaṁ cakrus te kṛpayānvitāḥ
- kṛkalāsam
- a lizard
- giri
- a mountain
- nibham
- resembling
- vīkṣya
- looking at
- vismita
- astonished
- mānasāḥ
- whose minds
- tasya
- of it
- ca
- and
- uddharaṇe
- in the lifting up
- yatnam
- effort
- cakruḥ
- made
- te
- they
- kṛpayā anvitāḥ
- feeling compassion
The boys were astonished to behold this creature, a lizard who looked like a hill. They felt sorry for it and tried to lift it out of the well.