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50 passagesवानर आह-मूढ ! किम् अहं लम्बकर्णो मूर्खः ? दृष्ट्वापायो ऽपि स्वयम् एव तत्र गत्वात्मानं व्यापादयामि ।
The monkey said: “Fool! Am I Lambakarṇa the fool, so that, even with the danger seen, I myself would go there and kill myself?”
आगतश् च गतश् चैव गत्वा यः पुनर् आगतः । अकर्ण-हृदयो मूर्खस् तत्रैव निधनं गतः ॥
He who came and went, and, having gone, came again—the foolish one, heedless at heart, met his death right there.
मकर आह-भद्र ! स को लम्भ-कर्णः । कथं दृष्टापायो ऽपि मृतः ? तन् मे निवेद्यताम् । वानर आह- कथा २ कराल-केसर-कथा
Makara said: “Good sir! Who is that Lambhakarṇa? How did he die even though he saw the danger? Let this be reported to me.” The monkey said: “Story 2: The Story of Karāla-kesara.”
कस्मिंश्चिद् वनोद्देशे कराल-केसरो नाम सिंहः प्रतिवसति स्म । तस्य च धूसरको नाम शृगालः सदैवानुयायी परिचारको ऽस्ति । अथ कदाचित् तस्य हस्तिना सह युध्यमानस्य शरीरे गुरुतराः प्रहाराः सञ्जाताः । यैः पदम् एकम् अपि चलितुं न शक्नोति । तस्याचलनाच् च धूसरकः क्षुत्क्षाम-कण्ठो दौर्बल्यं गतः । अन्यस्मिन्न् अहनि तम् अवोचत्-स्वामिन् ! बुभुक्षय पीडितो ऽहम् । पदात् पदम् अपि चलितुं न शक्नोमि । तत् कथं ते शुश्रूषां करोमि ?
In a certain region of a forest there once lived a lion named Karāla-kesara. And he had a jackal named Dhūsaraka as an attendant, always following him. Then, once, while he was fighting with an elephant, very severe blows were produced on his body, by which he was unable to move even one step. And because of his not moving, Dhūsaraka, his throat wasted by hunger, fell into weakness. On another day he said to him: “Master! I am afflicted by hunger. I cannot move even from one step to another. So how can I perform service for you?”
सिंह आह-भोः ! गच्छ अन्वेषय किञ्चित् सत्त्वम् । येनेमाम् अवस्थां गतो ऽपि व्यापादयामि ।
The lion said: “Ho! Go and search for some creature by which I may kill prey even in this condition.”
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