Forsooth, the very sight of such a lake is capable of satisfying the thirst of a person. Physically reduced with fasts, the fowler, however, O king, without casting his eyes upon it, gladly entered into a forest inhabited by beasts of prey, having previously learnt its wide extent. After he had entered the forest, he was painfully cut by sharp-pointed thorns.
पिपासार्तोऽपि तद् दृष्ट्वा तृप्त: स्यान्नात्र संशयः। उपवासकृशोऽत्यर्थं स तु पार्थिव लुब्धकः॥ अनवेक्ष्यैव संहृष्टः श्वापदाध्युषितं वनम्। महान्तं निश्चयं कृत्वा लुब्धकः प्रविवेश ह॥ प्रविशन्नेव स वनं निगृहीतः सकण्टकैः।