tasya ha daiva-muktasya paśoḥ padavīṁ tad-anucarāḥ paridhāvanto niśi niśītha-samaye tamasāvṛtāyām anadhigata-paśava ākasmikena vidhinā kedārān vīrāsanena mṛga-varāhādibhyaḥ saṁrakṣamāṇam aṅgiraḥ-pravara-sutam apaśyan.

tasya-of the leader of the dacoits; ha-certainly; daiva-muktasya-by chance having escaped; pasoh-of the human animal; padavim-the path; tat-anucarah-his followers or assistants; paridhavantah-searching here and there to find; nisi-at night; nisitha-samaye-at midnight; tamasa avrtayam-being covered by darkness; anadhigata-pasavah-not catching the man-animal; akasmikena vidhina-by the unexpected law of providence; kedaran-the fields; vira-asanena-by a seat on a raised place; mrga-varaha-adibhyah-from the deer, wild pigs and so on; samraksamanam-protecting; aṅgirah-pravara-sutam-the son of the brahmana descending from the Aṅgira family; apasyan-they found.