वानरा यदि वः खेदः प्रणष्टः फलभक्षणात्। यदि चैतन्मया श्राव्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तां कथाम्॥
vānarā yadi vaḥ khedaḥ praṇaṣṭaḥ phalabhakṣaṇāt| yadi caitanmayā śrāvyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tāṃ kathām||
English Meaning
You monkeys, if your pain has gone off in consequence of the fare of fruits which you have partaken, and also if it be fit to be heard by me, I would listen to your narration.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)