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Chapter 12.117 - Verse 20

Sanskrit Text

तु श्वा व्याघ्रतां प्राप्य बलवान्पिशिताशनः मूलफलभोगेषु स्पृहामप्यकरोत्तदा

English Translation

The tiger seeing a beast of his own species did not injure him, O king. Having in course of time been metamorphosed into a powerful tiger living upon flesh and blood, the dog, abstained from his former food of fruits and roots.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

स | तु | श्वा | व्याघ्र + ता | प्राप्य | बलवान् | पिशित + अशन
न | मूल + फल + भोग | स्पृहाम् | अपि + कृ | तदा