Hitopadesha 1.16.p1

1.16.p1

tad atra sarasi snātvā suvarṇa-kaṅkaṇam idaṃ gṛhāṇa | tato yāvad asau tad-vacaḥ-pratīto lobhāt saraḥ snātuṃ praviṣṭaḥ, tāvan mahā-paṅke nimagnaḥ palāyitum akṣamaḥ | taṃ paṅke patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vyāghro 'vadat-ahaha mahā-paṅke patito 'si | atas tvām aham utthāpayāmi | ity uktvā śanaiḥ śanair upagamya tena vyāghreṇa dhṛtaḥ sa pāntho 'cintayat-

'Wade over the pool, therefore, and take the bangle.'

Thereupon the covetous Traveller determined to trust him, and waded into the pool, where he soon found himself plunged in mud, and unable to move.

'Ho! ho!' says the Tiger, 'art thou stuck in a slough? stay, I will fetch thee out!'

So saying he approached the wretched man and seized him—who meanwhile bitterly reflected—