Laid low on the ground, the young man, in great pain, yielded to his anger; and in despair resolved, saying, I shall renounce my life. A poor man has no necessity of life in this world!-While the Brahmana was lying in that condition, silent and agitated, shorn of energy and on the verge of death, Indra appeared there in the shape of a jackal and addressing him, said,-All (inferior) creatures seek to be born as men. Among men, again, the dignity of a Brahmana is much coveted.
आर्तः स पतितः क्रुद्धस्त्यक्त्वाऽऽत्मानमथाब्रवीत्। मरिष्याम्यधनस्येह जीवितार्थो न विद्यते॥ तथा मुमूर्षुमासीनमकूजन्तमचेतसम्। इन्द्रः शृगालरूपेण बभाषे लुब्धमानसम्॥ मनुष्ययोनिमिच्छन्ति सर्वभूतानि सर्वशः। मनुष्यत्वे च विप्रत्वं सर्व एवाभिनन्दति॥