पानीयमात्रमुच्छेषं तच्चैकपरितर्पणम् । पास्यत: पुल्कसोऽभ्यागादपो देह्यशुभाय मे ॥ १० ॥
paniya-matram ucchesam tac caika-paritarpanam pasyatah pulkaso ’bhyagad apo dehy asubhaya me
- paniya-matram
- only the drinking water
- ucchesam
- what remained of the food
- tat ca
- that also
- eka
- for one
- paritarpanam
- satisfying
- pasyatah
- when the King was about to drink
- pulkasah
- a candala
- abhyagat
- came there
- apah
- water
- dehi
- please give
- asubhaya
- although I am a lowborn candala
- me
- to me.
Thereafter, only the drinking water remained, and there was only enough to satisfy one person, but when the King was just about to drink it, a candala appeared and said, “O King, although I am lowborn, kindly give me some drinking water.”