Thus accosted by the jackai, the men, stricken with grief and full of affection for the child, returned, and placing the child's head on their laps one after another, began the bewail piteously. Hearing their cries, the vulture, coming there, once more spoke to them as follows.
इत्युक्तास्ते न्यवर्तन्त शोकार्ताः पुत्रवत्सलाः। अङ्के शिरः समाधाय रुरुदुर्बहुविस्तरम्। तेषां रुदितशब्देन गृध्रोऽभ्येत्य वचोऽब्रवीत्॥