एकदा प्राविशद् गोष्ठं शार्दूलो निशि वर्षति । शयाना गाव उत्थाय भीतास्ता बभ्रमुर्व्रजे ॥ ४ ॥
ekada pravisad gostham sardulo nisi varsati sayana gava utthaya bhitas ta babhramur vraje
- ekada
- once upon a time
- pravisat
- entered
- gostham
- the land of the cowshed
- sardulah
- a tiger
- nisi
- at night
- varsati
- while it was raining
- sayanah
- lying down
- gavah
- cows
- utthaya
- getting up
- bhitah
- fearing
- tah
- all of them
- babhramuh
- scattered here and there
- vraje
- in the land surrounding the cowshed.
Once at night, while it was raining, a tiger entered the land of the cowshed. Upon seeing the tiger, all the cows, who were lying down, got up in fear and scattered here and there on the land.