The Recognition of Śakuntalā 6.1

6.1

sahajaṃ kila yad vininditaṃ na khalu tat karma vivarjanīyam /
paśumāraṇakarmadāruṇo 'nukampāmṛdur eva śrotriyaḥ //
śyālaḥ tatas tataḥ /
puruṣaḥ ekasmin divase khaṇḍaśo rohitamatsyo mayā kalpitaḥ /
yāvat tasyodarābhyantare prekṣe tāvad idaṃ ratnabhāsuram aṅgulīyakaṃ dṛṣṭam /
paścād aham asya vikrayāya darśayan gṛhīto bhāvamiśraiḥ /
KSak_6.1a5 mārayata vā muñcata vā / ayam asyāgamavṛttāntaḥ /

You can't give up a lowdown trade
That your ancestors began;
A butcher butchers things, and yet
He's the tenderest-hearted man.

Chief. Go on. Go on.

Fisherman. Well, one day I was cutting up a carp. In its maw I see this ring with the magnificent great gem. And then I was just trying to sell it here when you kind gentlemen grabbed me. That is the only way I got it. Now kill me, or find fault with me.