Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c9.38

c9.38

A certain gnat sitting on a horn of an ox, and with pride thinking itself heavy, said, “O ox, if in consequence of my sitting, you feel heavily weighted, tell me, and I will fly away to anther spot.” Hearing these words the ox said, “O gnat I had not even the slightest idea that you were sitting on me.”