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एकदा निर्गतां गेहाद् दुहन्तीं निशि गां पथि ।
सर्पो ऽदशत्पदा स्पृष्टः कृपणां कालचोदितः ॥ ९ ॥

ekada nirgatam gehad

duhantim nisi gam pathi

sarpo 'dasatpada sprstah

krpanam kala-coditah

ekada-once upon a time; nirgatam-having gone away; gehat-from home; duhantim-for milking; nisi-at night; gam-the cow; pathi-on the path; sarpah-snake; adasat-bitten; pada-on the leg; sprstah-thus struck; krpanam-the poor woman; kala-coditah-influenced by the supreme time.