दह्यमाने च लाफूले चिन्तयामास वानरः। प्रदीप्तोऽग्निरयं कस्मान मां दहति सर्वतः॥
dahyamāne ca lāphūle cintayāmāsa vānaraḥ| pradīpto'gnirayaṃ kasmāna māṃ dahati sarvataḥ||
English Meaning
On his tail flaming, the monkey reflected, "This fire is flaming. Why dose it not then burn me all over"?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)