05113001a evam uktasH suparNena tathyaM vacanam uttamam 'Thus addressed by Suparna in excellent words fraught with truth,
05113001c vimRzyAvahito rAjA nizcitya ca punaH punaH
05113002a yaSTA kratusahasrANAnM dAtA dAnapatiH prabhuH that performer of thousand sacrifices, that foremost of givers,
05113002c yayAtir vatsakAzIza idaM vacanam abravIt that liberal ruler of all the Kasis, the lord Yayati, revolving those words in his mind and reflecting on them coolly,
note: sarvakAzIza ?
05113003a dRSTvA priyasakhanM tArkSyaGM gAlavaJM ca dvijarSabham and seeing before him his dear friend, Tarkshya, and that bull among brAhmaNas, gAlava,
05113003c nidarzanaJM ca tapaso bhikSAM zlAghyAJM ca kIrtitAm and regarding the alms sought as an indication, highly praiseworthy, of (gAlava's) ascetic merit,
05113004a atItya ca nRpAn anyAn AdityakulasamMbhavAn and in view particularly of the fact that
05113004c matsakAzam anuprAptAv etau buddhim avekSya ca these two had come to him having passed over all the kings of the Solar race, said,
05113005a adya me saphalaJM janma tAritaJM cAdya me kulam 'Blessed is my life today, and the race also in which I am born, hath, indeed, been blessed today.
05113005c adyAyanM tArito dezo mama tArkSya tvayAnagha This very province also of mine hath equally been blessed by thee, O sinless Tarkshya.
05113006a vaktum icchAmi tu sakhe yathA jAnAsi mAmM purA There is one thing, however, O friend, that I desire to say unto thee,
05113006c na tathA vittavAn asmi kSINaM vittaM hi me sakhe and that is, I am not so rich now as thou thinkest, for my wealth hath suffered a great diminution.
05113007a na ca zakto 'smi te kartumM mogham AgamanaGM khaga I cannot, however, O ranger of the skies, make thy advent here a fruitless one.
05113007c na cAzAm asya viprarSer vitathAGM kartum utsahe Nor can I venture to frustrate the hopes entertained by this regenerate RSi.
05113008a tat tu dAsyAmi yat kAryam idaM samMpAdayiSyati I shall, therefore, give him that which will accomplish his purpose.
05113008c abhigamya hatAzo hi nivRtto dahate kulam If one having come for alms, returneth disappointed, he may consume the (host's) race.
