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The hare said: “Master, today all the animals, knowing that it was the turn of the smaller one in the sequence, sent me together with five hares. As I was coming, another great lion emerged from a hole and said to me: ‘Remember your chosen deity.’”
Then I said: “We are going to the presence of the lord Bhāsuraka, for the sake of food, according to the customary agreement.”
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ततस् तेनाभिहितम्-यद्य् एवं तर्हि मदीयम् एतद्-वनम् । मया सह समय-धर्मेण
समस्तैर् अपि श्वापदैर् वर्तितव्यम् । चोर-रूपी स भासुरकः । अथ यदि सो ऽत्र
राजा । विश्वास-स्थाने चतुरः शशकान् अत्र धृत्वा तम् आहूय द्रुततरम् आगच्छ । येन
यः कश्चिद् आवयोर् मध्यात् पराक्रमेण राजा भविष्यति स सर्वान् एतान् भक्षयिष्यति
इति ।
English · Meaning
Then he said: “If this is so, then this forest is mine. According to the agreement with me, all the wild animals must abide by it. That Bhāsuraka is thief-like. But if he is king here, place four hares here at a trusted place, summon him, and come very quickly, so that whichever of us becomes king through prowess will eat all these.”
Then, having been instructed by him, I came to the presence of the master. This is the reason for the delay in time. Therefore, here the master is the authority to decide.
Having heard that, Bhāsuraka said: “Good sir, if this is so, then quickly show me that thief-lion—the transmitted siṃhaḥ is nominative ‘lion,’ though the intended sense is the object—so that, having cast my anger concerning the animals upon him, I may become at ease.” And it is said:
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