अपि च न वृक: सालावृकोऽन्यतमो वा नैकचर एकचरो वा भक्षयति ॥ १८ ॥
api ca na vrkah sala-vrko ’nyatamo va naika-cara eka-caro va bhak-sayati.
- api ca
- or
- na
- not
- vrkah
- a wolf
- sala-vrkah
- a dog
- anyatamah
- any one of many
- va
- or
- na-eka-carah
- the hogs that flock together
- eka-carah
- the tiger that wanders alone
- va
- or
- bhaksayati
- is eating (the poor creature).
I do not know, but the deer might have been eaten by a wolf or a dog or by the boars that flock together or the tiger who travels alone.