मन्यमानो हतं व्याघ्रं पृषध्र: परवीरहा । अद्राक्षीत् स्वहतां बभ्रुं व्युष्टायां निशि दु:खित: ॥ ८ ॥
manyamano hatam vyaghram prsadhrah para-vira-ha adraksit sva-hatam babhrum vyustayam nisi duhkhitah
- manyamanah
- thinking that
- hatam
- has been killed
- vyaghram
- the tiger
- prsadhrah
- Manu’s son Prsadhra
- para-vira-ha
- although quite able to punish the enemy
- adraksit
- saw
- sva-hatam
- had been killed by him
- babhrum
- the cow
- vyustayam nisi
- when the night had passed (in the morning)
- duhkhitah
- became very much unhappy.
In the morning, when Prsadhra, who was quite able to subdue his enemy, saw that he had killed the cow although at night he thought he had killed the tiger, he was very unhappy.