ततो मांससमायुक्तो वायसः पर्यतुण्डयत्। तमहं लोष्टमुद्यम्य वारयामि स्म वायसम्॥ दारयन् स च मां काकस्तत्रैव परिलीयते। न चाप्युपारमन्मांसाद् भक्षार्थी बलिभोजनः॥
tato māṃsasamāyukto vāyasaḥ paryatuṇḍayat| tamahaṃ loṣṭamudyamya vārayāmi sma vāyasam|| dārayan sa ca māṃ kākastatraiva parilīyate| na cāpyupāramanmāṃsād bhakṣārthī balibhojanaḥ||
English Meaning
A crow, at that time, longing to feed on my flesh, tore my breast with its beak. And I threatened it with a pebble. But it continued tearing my breast as if it sat there to feed on my flesh and therefore did not fly off.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)