Then hearing sounds from the water of a filling pitcher, I thought, This must be an elephant. I wounded it with a shaft. Next coming to the edge of the river, I saw an ascetic lying down on the ground almost deprived of life, with his heart pierced with an arrow.
ततः श्रुतो मया शब्दो जले कुम्भस्य पूर्यतः। द्विपोऽयमिति मत्वाहं बाणेनाभिहतो मया॥ गत्वा तस्यास्ततस्तीरमपश्यमिषुणा हृदि। विनिर्भिन्नं गतप्राणं शयानं भुवि तापसम्॥