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50 passagesतथा च- भक्षयित्वा बहून् मत्स्यान् उत्तमाधम-मध्यमान् । अतिलौल्याद् बकः कश्चिन् मृतः कर्कटक-ग्रहात् ॥
And likewise: after eating many fish—excellent, inferior, and middling—a certain crane died from a crab’s grasp, through excessive greed.
ताव् ऊचतुः-कथम् एतत् ?
The two said, “How is this?”
सो ऽब्रवीत्- कथा ७ बक-कुलीरक-कथा
He said: “Story 7: The story of the crane and the crab.”
अस्ति कस्मिंश्चिद् वन-प्रदेशे नाना-जल-चर-सनाथं महत् सरः । तत्र च कृताश्रयो बक एको वृद्ध-भावम् उपागतो मत्स्यान् व्यापादयितुम् असमर्थः । ततश् च क्षुत्क्षाम-कण्ठः सरस्-तीरे उपविष्टो मुक्ता-फल-प्रकर-सदृशैर् अश्रु-प्रवाहैर् धरा-तलम् अभिषिञ्चन् रुरोद । एकः कुलीरको नाना-जल-चर-समेतः समेत्य तस्य दुःखेन दुःखितः सादरम् इदम् ऊचे-माम ! किम् अद्य त्वया नाहार-वृत्तिर् अनुष्ठीयते ? केवलम् अश्रु-पूर्ण-नेत्राभ्यां स-निःश्वासेन स्थीयते ।
There is, in a certain forest region, a great lake inhabited by various aquatic creatures. There a lone crane had taken up residence and, having grown old, was unable to kill the fish. Then, with his throat parched by hunger, he sat on the lake’s bank, sprinkling the surface of the earth with streams of tears resembling clusters of pearls, and wept. A certain crab, accompanied by various aquatic creatures, approached him and, saddened by his sorrow, respectfully said this: “Uncle, why is food activity not being carried on by you today? You merely remain with eyes full of tears and with sighing.”
स आह-वत्स ! सत्यम् उपलक्षितं भवता । मया हि मत्स्यादनं प्रति परम-वैराग्यतया साम्प्रतं प्रायोपवेशनं कृतम् । तेनाहं समीपागतान् अपि मत्स्यान् न भक्षयामि ।
He said: “My child, you have truly perceived it correctly. Indeed, because of supreme detachment from eating fish, I have now undertaken a fast unto death. Therefore, I do not eat even the fish that have come near me.”
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