विधिः किल नरं लोके विधानेनानुवर्तते। यथायं विहितो भक्ष्यश्चिरान्मह्यमुपागतः॥ परम्पराणां भक्षिष्ये वानराणां मृतं मृतम्। उवाचैतद् वचः पक्षी तान् निरीक्ष्य प्लवङ्गमान्॥
vidhiḥ kila naraṃ loke vidhānenānuvartate| yathāyaṃ vihito bhakṣyaścirānmahyamupāgataḥ|| paramparāṇāṃ bhakṣiṣye vānarāṇāṃ mṛtaṃ mṛtam| uvācaitad vacaḥ pakṣī tān nirīkṣya plavaṅgamān||
English Meaning
Verily man reapeth the fruit of his former acts; and therefore it is that this food ordained to that end, comes to me after a long time. I shall feed on these monkeys, one by one, slaying them one after another. Eyeing those apes, the bird expressed himself thus.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)