सोऽपि चानुगत: स्त्रैण: कृपणस्तां प्रसादितुम् । कुर्वन्निडविडाकारं नाशक्नोत् पथि सन्धितुम् ॥ ९ ॥
so ’pi canugatah strainah krpanas tam prasaditum kurvann idavida-karam nasaknot pathi sandhitum
- sah
- that he-goat
- api
- also
- ca
- also
- anugatah
- following the she-goat
- strainah
- hen pecked
- krpanah
- very poor
- tam
- her
- prasaditum
- to satisfy
- kurvan
- making
- idavida-karam
- an utterance in the language of the goats
- na
- not
- asaknot
- was able
- pathi
- on the road
- sandhitum
- to satisfy.
Being very sorry, the he-goat, who was subservient to his wife, followed the she-goat on the road and tried his best to flatter her, but he could not pacify her.