Simhasanadvatrimshika f7.p6

f7.p6

tathā bhallūkena samāśvāsito rājaputraḥ. vyāghro 'pi vṛkṣādhaḥ samāgataḥ. tataḥ sūryo 'py astaṃgataḥ. rātrāv atiśrānto rājaputro yāvan nidrāṃ yāti, tāvad bhallūkeno 'ktam: bho rājakumāra, tava nidrā samāyāti; tvaṃ vṛkṣādhaḥ patiṣyasi. tato 'grata ehi, mamā 'ṅke nidrāṃ kuru. evam ukto bhallūkasyā 'ṅke nidrāṃ gataḥ. tadā vyāghro vadati: bho bhallūka, ayaṃ grāmavāsī punar api mṛgayayā 'smān eva hantuṃ samāgataḥ; śatrubhūto 'yam aṅke kimarthaṃ niveśitaḥ? yato 'yaṃ mānuṣaḥ; uktaṃ ca:

Thus the bear reassured the prince. The tiger also came beneath the tree. Then the sun set. At night, as the exhausted prince was about to fall asleep, the bear said: "Prince, sleep is coming over you; you will fall from the tree. So come forward and sleep in my lap." Thus addressed, he went to sleep in the bear's lap. Then the tiger said: "O bear, this village-dweller has come once again to hunt and kill us; why have you placed an enemy in your lap? For he is a human; and it is said: