ततः श्रुतो मया शब्दो जले कुम्भस्य पूर्यतः। द्विपोऽयमिति मत्वाहं बाणेनाभिहतो मया॥ गत्वा तस्यास्ततस्तीरमपश्यमिषुणा हृदि। विनिर्भिन्नं गतप्राणं शयानं भुवि तापसम्॥
tataḥ śruto mayā śabdo jale kumbhasya pūryataḥ| dvipo'yamiti matvāhaṃ bāṇenābhihato mayā|| gatvā tasyāstatastīramapaśyamiṣuṇā hṛdi| vinirbhinnaṃ gataprāṇaṃ śayānaṃ bhuvi tāpasam||
English Meaning
Then hearing sounds from the water of a filling pitcher, I thought, This must be an elephant. I wounded it with a shaft. Next coming to the edge of the river, I saw an ascetic lying down on the ground almost deprived of life, with his heart pierced with an arrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)