क्षुद्रं चरं सुमनसां शरणे मिथित्वा रक्तं षडङ्घ्रिगणसामसु लुब्धकर्णम् । अग्रे वृकानसुतृपोऽविगणय्य यान्तं पृष्ठे मृगं मृगय लुब्धकबाणभिन्नम् ॥ ५३ ॥
ksudram caram sumanasam sarane mithitva raktam sadanghri-gana-samasu lubdha-karnam agre vrkan asu-trpo ’viganayya yantam prsthe mrgam mrgaya lubdhaka-bana-bhinnam
- ksudram
- on grass
- caram
- grazing
- sumanasam
- of a beautiful flower garden
- sarane
- under the protection
- mithitva
- being united with a woman
- raktam
- attached
- sat-anghri
- of bumblebees
- gana
- of groups
- samasu
- to the singing
- lubdha-karnam
- whose ear is attracted
- agre
- in front
- vrkan
- tigers
- asu-trpah
- who live at the cost of another’s life
- aviganayya
- neglecting
- yantam
- moving
- prsthe
- behind
- mrgam
- the deer
- mrgaya
- search out
- lubdhaka
- of a hunter
- bana
- by the arrows
- bhinnam
- liable to be pierced
My dear King, please search out that deer who is engaged in eating grass in a very nice flower garden along with his wife. That deer is very much attached to his business, and he is enjoying the sweet singing of the bumblebees in his garden. Just try to understand his position. He is unaware that before him is a tiger, which is accustomed to living at the cost of another’s flesh. Behind the deer is a hunter, who is threatening to pierce him with sharp arrows. Thus the deer’s death is imminent.