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Chapter 12.113 - Verse 13

Sanskrit Text

यदा त्वबुध्यतात्मानं भक्ष्यमाणं वै पशुः तदा संकोचने यत्नमकरोद्भृशदुःखितः

English Translation

Living as he did upon meat, and greatly hungry and tried as he was, O foremnost of Bharata's race, the jackal, seeing the camel's neck, began to eat as much of it as he could. When he perceived that his neck was being eaten, the camel tried sorrowfully to shorten it.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

यदा | तु + बुध् + आत्मन् | भक्ष्यमाणं | स | वै | पशुः
तदा | संकोचने | यत्नम् | अकरोद् | भृश + दुःखित