Full of mercy and steady in the observance of his vows, the ascetic nursed that infant animal. After a long time the little beast grew up into a large and powerful elephant.
तं दृष्ट्वा जीवयामास सानुक्रोशो धृतव्रतः। स तु दीर्पण कालेन बभूवातिबलो महान्॥