सा तु तत्रैकरात्रेण वर्धमाना कमण्डलौ । अलब्ध्वात्मावकाशं वा इदमाह महीपतिम् ॥ १७ ॥
sa tu tatraika-ratrena vardhamana kamandalau alabdhvatmavakasam va idam aha mahipatim
- sa
- that fish
- tu
- but
- tatra
- therein
- eka-ratrena
- in one night
- vardhamana
- expanding
- kamandalau
- in the waterpot
- alabdhva
- without attaining
- atma-avakasam
- a comfortable position for His body
- va
- either
- idam
- this
- aha
- said
- mahi-patim
- unto the King.
But in one night that fish grew so much that He could not move His body comfortably in the water of the pot. He then spoke to the King as follows.