kvacin nigirno 'jagarahina jano
navaiti kincid vipine 'paviddhah
dastah sma sete kva ca danda-sukair
andho 'ndha-kupe patitas tamisre
kvacit-sometimes; nigirnah-being swallowed; ajagara-ahina-by the great snake known as the python; janah-the conditioned soul; na-not; avaiti-understands; kincit-anything; vipine-in the forest; apaviddhah-pierced by arrows of suffering; dastah-being bitten; sma-indeed; sete-lies down; kva ca-sometimes; danda-sukaih-by other kinds of snakes; andhah-blind; andha-kupe-in a blind well; patitah-fallen; tamisre-in a hellish condition of life.