Sufficient time passed away in this way. One day as the elephant was gladly passing along the vicinity of the asylum, there came before him a maned lion born in a mountain cave and accustomed to kill elephants.
कदाचिद् भ्रममाणस्य हस्तिनः सम्मुखं तदा। ऋषे स्तस्योटजस्थस्य कालोऽगच्छन्निशानिशम्॥ अथाजगाम तं देशं केसरी केसरारुणः। गिरिकन्दरजो भीमः सिंहो नागकुलान्तकः॥