This time will get out of hand again
“Because I shall not be able to get such a God-like beggar again.”13.
(The king) made this assumption in his mind
The King decided this general notion in his mind, but perceptibly he did not divulge it to anyone.
By asking the servant for a bowl of water
He asked the medicant to give his pot, in order to enact such a base deed.14.
Shukracharya understood (this) thing in his mind
Shukracharya understood the notion of the mind of the King, but the ignorant King could not comprehend it.
(Shukracharya) assumed the form of a spider's web
Shukracharya transformed himself into a small fish and seated himself in the mendicant’s pot.15.
The king held Kamandal in his hand.
The King took the mendicant’s pot in his hand and the time forgiving alms to the Brahmin arrived.
When the king extended his hand to give alms,
When the King in order to give alms took some water in his hand, no water came out of the pot.16.
TOMAR STANZA
Then the great Brahman rose up (and said)
Then the Brahmin became furious and told the King to check up the por.
"(The Brahmin thought in his mind that if) Tila should be turned in the tap
The pipe of the pot was searched with a straw and with this search one eye of Shukracharya was lost.17.
The king held the tila in his hand
The King took the straw in his hand and revolved it within the pot.
He entered Shukracharya's eye.
It pierced the eye of Shukrachraya and thus one eye of the preceptor Shukraccharya was lost.18.
The water that came out of (Venus's) eye,