तमुपश्रुत्य सा मृगवधू: प्रकृतिविक्लवा चकितनिरीक्षणा सुतरामपिहरिभयाभिनिवेशव्यग्रहृदया पारिप्लवदृष्टिरगततृषा भयात् सहसैवोच्चक्राम ॥ ४ ॥
tam upasrutya sa mrga-vadhuh prakrti-viklava cakita-niriksana sutaram api hari-bhayabhinivesa-vyagra-hrdaya pariplava-drstir agata-trsa bhayat sahasaivoccakrama.
- tam upasrutya
- hearing that tumultuous sound
- sa
- that
- mrga-vadhuh
- wife of a deer
- prakrti-viklava
- by nature always afraid of being killed by others
- cakita-niriksana
- having wandering eyes
- sutaram api
- almost immediately
- hari
- of the lion
- bhaya
- of fear
- abhinivesa
- by the entrance
- vyagra-hrdaya
- whose mind was agitated
- pariplava-drstih
- whose eyes were moving to and fro
- agata-trsa
- without fully satisfying the thirst
- bhayat
- out of fear
- sahasa
- suddenly
- eva
- certainly
- uccakrama
- crossed the river
By nature the doe was always afraid of being killed by others, and it was always looking about suspiciously. When it heard the lion’s tumultuous roar, it became very agitated. Looking here and there with disturbed eyes, the doe, although it had not fully satisfied itself by drinking water, suddenly leaped across the river.