एकां जग्राह बलवान् सा चुक्रोश भयातुरा । तस्यास्तु क्रन्दितं श्रुत्वा पृषध्रोऽनुससार ह ॥ ५ ॥ खड्गमादाय तरसा प्रलीनोडुगणे निशि । अजानन्नच्छिनोद् बभ्रो: शिर: शार्दूलशङ्कया ॥ ६ ॥
ekam jagraha balavan sa cukrosa bhayatura tasyas tu kranditam srutva prsadhro ’nusasara ha khadgam adaya tarasa pralinodu-gane nisi ajanann acchinod babhroh sirah sardula-sankaya
- ekam
- one of the cows
- jagraha
- seized
- balavan
- the strong tiger
- sa
- that cow
- cukrosa
- began to cry
- bhaya-atura
- in distress and fear
- tasyah
- of her
- tu
- but
- kranditam
- the screaming
- srutva
- hearing
- prsadhrah
- Prsadhra
- anusasara ha
- followed
- khadgam
- sword
- adaya
- taking
- tarasa
- very hastily
- pralina-udu-gane
- when the stars were covered by clouds
- nisi
- at night
- ajanan
- without knowledge
- acchinot
- cut off
- babhroh
- of the cow
- sirah
- the head
- sardula-sankaya
- mistaking it for the head of the tiger
When the very strong tiger seized the cow, the cow screamed in distress and fear, and Prsadhra, hearing the screaming, immediately followed the sound. He took up his sword, but because the stars were covered by clouds, he mistook the cow for the tiger and mistakenly cut off the cows’ head with great force.