तमाह सातिकरुणं महाकारुणिकं नृपम् । यादोभ्यो ज्ञातिघातिभ्यो दीनां मां दीनवत्सल । कथं विसृजसे राजन् भीतामस्मिन् सरिज्जले ॥ १४ ॥
tam aha satikarunam maha-karunikam nrpam yadobhyo jnati-ghatibhyo dinam mam dina-vatsala katham visrjase rajan bhitam asmin sarij-jale
- tam
- unto him (Satyavrata)
- aha
- said
- sa
- that small fish
- ati-karunam
- extremely compassionate
- maha-karunikam
- extremely merciful
- nrpam
- unto King Satyavrata
- yadobhyah
- to the aquatics
- jnati-ghatibhyah
- who are always eager to kill the smaller fish
- dinam
- very poor
- mam
- me
- dina-vatsala
- O protector of the poor
- katham
- why
- visrjase
- you are throwing
- rajan
- O King
- bhitam
- very much afraid
- asmin
- within this
- sarit-jale
- in the water of the river
With an appealing voice, the poor small fish said to King Satyavrata, who was very merciful: My dear King, protector of the poor, why are you throwing Me in the water of the river, where there are other aquatics who can kill Me? I am very much afraid of them.