Living as he did upon meat, and greatly hungry and tried as he was, O foremnost of Bharata's race, the jackal, seeing the camel's neck, began to eat as much of it as he could. When he perceived that his neck was being eaten, the camel tried sorrowfully to shorten it.
स दृष्ट्वा मांसजीवी तु सुभृशं क्षुच्छ्रमान्वितः। तु अभक्षयत् ततो ग्रीवामुष्ट्रस्य भरतर्षभ॥ यदा त्वबुध्यतात्मानं भक्ष्यमाणं स वै पशुः। तदा संकोचने यत्नमकरोद् भृशदुःखितः॥